Astronomers have constructed the first detailed 3D map of the properties of cosmic dust in our home galaxy. For their map, the astronomers used 130 million spectra from ESA's Gaia mission, results ...

When we observe distant celestial objects, there is a possible catch: Is that star I am observing really as reddish as it ...

The Big Wheel, discovered using the James Webb Space Telescope, formed just 2 billion years after the big bang - surprisingly ...

Researchers at King's College London have discovered positively charged hydrogen clouds in the Milky Way's center, suggesting a lighter form of dark matter may be at play. Their findings challenge ...

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Millions of years ago, our Solar System traveled through a densely populated galactic region and was exposed to increased interstellar dust.

Zhang and Green turned to data from ESA’s Gaia mission, which was a 10.5-year-effort to obtain extremely accurate measurements of positions, motions and additional properties for more than a billion ...

We know that Sagittarius A* (Sag A*), the black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy, is supermassive and rotates rapidly, dragging space-time along with it. And this small detail—its rotational ...

Dark matter continues to confound us, so far defying every attempt to decipher it. According to a new study, clues may lurk in the Milky Way's Central Molecular Zone, a vast region of hydrogen ...

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The Wheel of Time Season 3 Episode 1 not only shares the latter interpretation, but also wastes no time establishing this relationship between the two powerful heroines. It’s a decision that Wheel of ...