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Supermassive Black Hole In The Milky Way Made A Star Go Rogue

In the middle of the Milky Way, there is a supermassive black hole which generates an extraordinary gravitational pull. The forces generated by these supermassive black holes are so intense that they can absorb light, and it was believed that…

July 31, 2019 ·by Jeffrey Olmsted· 0

Milky Way Merged With Another Galaxy, New Research Revealed

Last year marked the discovery of Antlia galaxy that is apparently merging with the Milky Way. We may be forgiven for not detecting the massive universal body sooner due to the fact that scientists are describing it as a sort…

June 14, 2019 ·by Anna Daniels· 0

Hubble Space Telescope Revealed That Milky Way Galaxy Burst With Stars Due To Collision With Another Galaxy

NASA and ESA’s Hubble Space Telescope has yet again provided scientists with significant data. An image captured by the space telescope depicts the peculiar galaxy NGC 4485, showing signs of a collision. The impact looks like a hit-and-run accident with…

May 20, 2019 ·by Jeffrey Olmsted· 0

Gaia Satellite Data Reveals Details About The Early Stages Of Milky Way

A new paper, published in April in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics, details how a galactic merger in our galaxy might have made a star “baby boom” billions of years ago. The research was completed with the help of data…

May 14, 2019 ·by Jeffrey Olmsted· 0

The “Lost Twin” Of The Milky Way Found 2 Billion Years After It Collided And Merged With Andromeda Galaxy

Researchers at the University of Michigan have found that Andromeda, the closest nearby galaxy to the Milky Way, collided and merged with a massive galaxy about 2 billion years ago. Now, the scientists identified the disappeared galaxy as the “lost…

July 25, 2018 ·by Vadim Caraiman· 0

Early Milky Way Collided With A Dwarf Galaxy, Dubbed As The “Sausage Galaxy,” Recent Studies Found

The Milky Way was engaged in a frontal collision with a smaller dwarf galaxy, dubbed as “Sausage galaxy,” at the beginning of its history, an incident that reconfigured the architecture of our Galaxy, a recent study found. Based on information gathered…

July 5, 2018 ·by Vadim Caraiman· 0

Two Massive Stars Were Observed Orbiting Near The Supermassive Black Hole In The Center Of The Milky Way

A group of astronomers has found several foreign objects in the center of our galaxy that looked like gas clouds but turned out to be massive stars orbiting near the supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way,…

June 7, 2018 ·by Jeffrey Olmsted· 0

Dwarf Galaxy Hydrus 1 Has Been Noticed For The First Time In An Orbit Around The Milky Way

Researchers have found what seems to be an incredibly small galaxy in an orbit around the Milky Way which has not yet been noticed. Dubbed Hydrus 1, the galaxy is about 90,000 light-years away from Earth and is situated in the…

May 3, 2018 ·by Vadim Caraiman· 0

Gaia Satellite Of The ESA Created The Largest Milky Way Sky Map Ever With About 1.7 Billion Stars

The ESA’s project, Gaia, opens new roads for astronomers to study the origin and evolution of the Milky Way. The data sent by the Gaia satellite of the European Space Agency (ESA) on the position, distances, and brightness of 1,7 billion…

April 25, 2018 ·by Jeffrey Olmsted· 0

Milky Way Is Expending At A Velocity Of 500 Meters Per Second

Our galaxy, the Milky Way, looks like is enlarging, according to a new research conducted by the scientists from the Institute of Astrophysics, in the Canary Islands. More exactly, it has been calculated that Milky Way is expanding with a velocity of…

April 3, 2018 ·by Jeffrey Olmsted· 0