Mysterious dashes revealed in Milky Way's center
An international team of astrophysicists has discovered something wholly new, hidden in the center of the Milky Way galaxy.
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News tagged with galactic plane
First results from LHAASO place tighter constraints on dark matter's lifetime
Scientists from the Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) have presented roughly 1.5 years of observational data, calculating new limits on the lifetime of heavy dark matter particles that have masses between ...
Astronomy
Dec 29, 2022
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Doing a deep dive into the dusty Milky Way
An animated dive into the dusty Milky Way reveals the outlines of our galaxy taking shape as we look out further and further from Earth.
Astronomy
Jul 15, 2022
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Researchers reveal a wobbly and flared Milky Way disk based on LAMOST-gaia data
Astronomers from National Astronomical Observatories of Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC), Shanghai Astronomical Observatory of CAS and Nanjing University have revealed the wobbly and flared nature of the Milky Way disk ...
Astronomy
Sep 30, 2021
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The magnetic field in the galactic outflow of M82
Messier 82 (M82) is a luminous infrared galaxy about twelve million light-years away from the Milky Way. Its burst of star formation powers the radiation and drives a bipolar superwind that originates near the core of the ...
Astronomy
Jul 30, 2021
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Explainer: How Richard Branson will ride own rocket to space
Virgin Galactic will become the first rocket company to launch the boss when Richard Branson straps into one of his sleek, shiny space planes this weekend.
Space Exploration
Jul 10, 2021
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ASKAP takes a first glimpse at the galactic plane
With the findings detailed in two Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society papers, a group of astronomers, led by the Italian National Institute of Astrophysics (INAF) and Macquarie University, reported the first ...
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Jun 1, 2021
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Hoinga: Debris of stellar explosion found in unexpected location
In the first all-sky survey by the eROSITA X-ray telescope onboard SRG, astronomers at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics have identified a previously unknown supernova remnant, dubbed "Hoinga." The finding ...
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Mar 3, 2021
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Measurements of pulsar acceleration reveal Milky Way's dark side
It is well known that the expansion of the universe is accelerating due to a mysterious dark energy. Within galaxies, stars also experience an acceleration, though this is due to some combination of dark matter and the stellar ...
Astronomy
Jan 11, 2021
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A three-dimensional view of the Milky Way
In our Milky Way, there are about 200 billion suns as well as large quantities of gas, some of which serves as raw material for star births. The gas collects in compact lumps but also appears as extended molecular clouds. ...
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