Edwin Hubble's revelation in 1924 that the Andromeda Nebula was, in fact, an 'island universe,' was a pivotal moment in our ...
It is located in our Milky Way galaxy about 520 light-years from Earth ... close to the star is difficult because the protoplanetary disk dissipates away from closest to the star the fastest, meaning ...
Scientists have finally imaged a star outside of the Milky Way for the first time. Here's what it looks like and how they did ...
Space: A huge success for astronomers as they captured an extreme close-up image of the dying star, WOH G64, which is ...
Scientists have captured an extreme close-up of the dying star WOH G64 that is 1,60,000 light years away, dwelling in another ...
On Sunday November 23, 1924, 100 years ago this month, readers perusing page six of the New York Times would have found an ...
• Antares – “Scorpion’s Heart”, a giant red carbon star in Scorpius, found about 550 light-years away, and 10,000 times brighter than our sun! • M4 – a globular cluster of stars, discovered in 1746, ...
See how telescopes capture the cosmos. ExtremeTech explains the science behind lenses and space exploration. Start exploring ...
A massive filament of gas and dust, designated X7, has been elongated during its long approach to the Milky Way galaxy's ...
The Large Magellanic Cloud is a small galaxy, just a tenth of the Milky Way’s mass. It is about 160,000 light years away, which is remarkably close in cosmic terms. In the southern hemisphere it spans ...
In its galactic neighborhood, the Milky Way can be something of a bully.