An uncharted region of space known as the " zone of avoidance " lurks behind the Milky Way's center – and astronomers just found an enormous, multi-galaxy structure there. A composite image showing the 58 galaxies clustered togethe…
Unless you specifically seek for it, the Andromeda galaxy, the nearest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way, is not visible in our night sky. Milky Way and Andromeda merger has begun However, in the absence of optical help, you can only faintly make it…
Nothing is standing or stationary. As you are reading this, the Earth spins around its own axis; it revolves around the sun, the sun is moving through space at a stunning 792,000 km/h around the gigantic center, and our universe is moving at a min…
Although the Moon does have an atmosphere, it is very thin and mostly made of hydrogen, neon, and argon. This is not a gaseous combination capable of supporting oxygen-dependent animals such as humans. On the Moon, there is an abundance of oxygen…
What will eventually happen to our own Milky Way is seen in a recent telescopic photograph. A recent picture from a telescope shows two galaxies that are entangled and will ultimately merge into one galaxy millions of years from now, foreshadowin…
It's a frequent cliche to say that we can't see the forest for the trees, but we might just as easily say that we can't see the Milky Way for the stars. We now have a more exact understanding of where things are on the other side of th…
A group of researchers claims to have found what may be the first exoplanet ever discovered in a different galaxy. Although our galaxy may have billions of exoplanets, it is much more difficult to discover new planets even in the nearby galaxies.…
Our very own Milky Way could host a huge bridge in space-time. At least, that’s what the authors of a recent study have suggested. According to the group, teamwork between Indian, Italian, North American scientists and scientists from other countries …
Our very own Milky Way could host a huge bridge in space-time. At least, that’s what the authors of a recent study have suggested. According to the group, teamwork between Indian, Italian, North American scientists and scientists from other countrie…
