ESA’s Gaia Spacecraft Wraps Up Revolutionary Milky Way Mapping Mission
ESA’s decade-long Milky Way Gaia mapping mission still has tons of data to release over the next few years. Expect surprises.
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One large Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies? 100 years ago, a young Edwin Hubble settled astronomy’s ‘Great Debate’
It seemed that these redshifted galaxies were all moving away from the Milky Way. Hubble’s results suggested the farther away a galaxy was ... but he never figured out that they were moving ...
Unexpected Findings: Scientists Reveal the Milky Way Is a Cosmic Outlier
Recent studies challenge the long-held belief that the Milky Way is a standard model for understanding galaxy formation, ...
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100 years ago, Edwin Hubble proved our Milky Way galaxy isn't alone
"It's easy to romanticize Hubble and his discovery of the universe beyond the Milky Way galaxy, but his work really ... Then, all you'd need to do to work out how far away the star is would ...
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Newly discovered galaxy could offer clues on Milky Way
Scientists have found the beginnings of a young universe that may offer insights into the beginnings of our own Milky Way Galaxy ... They know it's out there because they know the gravitational ...
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Astronomers spot a giant radio galaxy 32 times the size of the Milky Way
Astronomers have discovered a giant radio galaxy with plasma jets stretching an incredible 3.3 million light-years—32 times ...
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Newfound galaxy gives glimpse into the Milky Way’s past
It turns out that the Firefly Sparkle’s original ... But around the cosmic time that we are seeing the Firefly Sparkle, Milky Way-like galaxy progenitors were about 10,000 times less massive ...
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Fate of the Milky Way shown in new image of 2 galaxies merging violently
It’s beautiful but also a reminder of the ultimate fate that awaits our own Milky Way galaxy. The image was captured using the NOIRLabs’ International Gemini Observatory. NOIRLabs says that ...