Milky Way Archives - Health Thoroughfare

Scientists Find Light Beyond the Milky Way Galaxy That’s Brighter Than Expected

The total luminosity, or the total amount of light emitted, of the Milky Way, is estimated to be around 100 billion times that of the Sun. It’s important to note that this is the total luminosity of all the stars…

January 29, 2023 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

Stars are Disappearing From the Night Sky for a Shocking Reason

Looking at the stars in the night sky is like taking a trip to the ultimate infinity and beyond. It’s like having your own personal portal to a galaxy far, far away. And let’s be real, who doesn’t love a…

January 20, 2023 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

Enormous Survey of Our Galaxy Exposes Billions of Space Objects

You know what they say, “size matters”! And boy, oh boy, does the Milky Way galaxy have the size! It’s so big, you could fit a zillion Earths inside and still have room for a game of cosmic Marco Polo.…

January 19, 2023 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

The Outskirts of Our Milky Way Galaxy are Located by Astronomical Observations

Are you feeling small and insignificant? Well, let me tell you something that will make you feel even smaller! Our tiny little planet Earth is so far away from the edges of the Milky Way galaxy that if you were…

January 10, 2023 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

Scientists Claim to Know How to Find Alien Spacecraft in the Galaxy

It seems reasonable to say that if aliens truly are out there somewhere, we should encounter them at some point. While if they would be friends or foes toward us is another major conundrum, a team of physicists might know…

December 19, 2022 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

Astronomers Discover ‘Peekaboo’ Galaxy That Was Hiding Behind a Star

It’s totally possible for a single star to block astronomers from seeing an entire galaxy. They recently got confirmation that such a scenario is feasible. One of the reasons is that the Universe is unfathomably huge. The term HIPASS J1131-31,…

December 9, 2022 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

The Halo of Stars Surrounding Our Milky Way Galaxy Doesn’t Have the Shape That Astronomers Expected

It’s a bit complicated to know everything that’s surrounding the Milky Way, considering that our galaxy measures 100,000 light-years from one of its edges to the opposite one. It’s also the product of other galaxies merging with one another. The…

November 22, 2022 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

The James Webb Space Telescope Proves His Ability to Resolve Faint-Looking Stars in Nearby Galaxy

The Spitzer Space Telescope’s Infrared Array Camera took a photo of Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte (WLM), which is a dwarf galaxy located nearby the Milky Way. But when NASA’s next-generation James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) entered the cosmic scene, the whole picture of…

November 10, 2022 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

The Closest Black Hole to Earth Has Been Discovered

Our Milky Way galaxy contains hundreds of billions of stars and about one hundred million black holes. In other words, if humanity will truly be able one day to roam across vast distances of our galaxy, watching our step will…

November 4, 2022 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

Astronomers Discover A Huge Black Hole in Our Cosmic Vicinity

Finding out about a huge black hole located in our own cosmic vicinity is surely not a pleasant idea for anyone. But unfortunately or not, that’s what astronomers led by the University of Alabama Huntsville (UAH) discovered after analyzing the…

October 21, 2022 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0