How Black Holes Form: New Simulation Video Shows How Galaxies Feed Supermassive Mouths

Medicine & Technology Sep 01, 2021

There is no definite way of how a black hole forms in the universe, but the new high-powered simulation from the researchers of Northwestern University could shed light on how galaxies feed the supermassive black hole.

Planets Exist In Our Milky Way's Galactic Bulge; Here's What It Means

Aug 31, 2021

A large number of planets might be orbiting around our Milky Way's Galactic Bulge, experts say.

Wandering Rogue Black Holes in Milky Way Galaxy Are More Common Than Previously Thought

Aug 28, 2021

New simulations reveal that the universe may be home to a large number of rogue supermassive black holes.

Supercomputer Tracks Chaotic Young Galaxies As They Mature Into Orderly Forms, New Simulation Shows

Aug 28, 2021

Just like humans, galaxies, such as the Milky Way, also tend to start chaotically, straightening themselves out into more recognizable shapes like spiral galaxies as they grow up and mature.

Did NASA Just Find Milky Way’s Broken Arm? Scientists Claim Seeing a Cluster of Nebulae, Young Stars in the Galaxy

Aug 18, 2021

Scientists said that one of Milky Way's spiral arm is sticking out like a splinter poking out of the wood's plank due to several forces in the galaxy.

Biggest Curl of Gas in Space Discovery Baffles Scientists As to What Exactly Is This Structure in the Milky Way

Aug 09, 2021

A huge structure was recently discovered in the Milky Way but such a discovery remains unidentifiable. Scientists have remained clueless about what they found.

Supernova Shrapnel Star Running Away from the Galaxy, 2M Miles Per Hour

Aug 05, 2021

Researchers closely studied a star 2,000 light-years away. It is not only moving fast but is also rotating as it hurtles out of the Milky Way. Researchers believe that it is likely a remnant of a star that went supernova.

Star Moving at Lighting Speed Spotted; Scientists Say It's So Fast That It Nearly Leaves the Galaxy at 2 Million Miles an Hour

Aug 03, 2021

A star, formally labeled as LP 40-365 has recently been spotted moving extraordinarily fast. An astronomy assistant professor described this as moving so fast that it nearly leaves the Milky Way.

Star Moving at Lighting Speed Spotted; Scientists Say It's So Fast That It Nearly Leaves the Galaxy at 2 Million Miles an Hour

Aug 03, 2021

A star, formally labeled as LP 40-365 has recently been spotted moving extraordinarily fast. An astronomy assistant professor described this as moving so fast that it nearly leaves the Milky Way.

Previously Unseen Star Formation in Milky Way Detected in New Study

Jul 23, 2021

Previous surveys by various other teams had so far detected 270 SNRs, all of them observed by the radio emissions through the interstellar space.

Is the Milky Way Sending Earth A Message? Scientists Now Close to Uncovering This Strange Signal

Jul 06, 2021

Astronomers are close to unraveling the origins of the strange signal that are coming from the Milky Way galaxy last year. What could it possibly be?

Oversized Black Hole Populations in Star Cluster Palomar 5 Stuns Astronomers

Jul 05, 2021

Palomar 5, a cluster flanked with giant star tails, will be completely usurped by black holes in one billion years, scientists predict.

Orphan Cloud Larger Than Milky Way Itself Discovered in Deep Space

Jul 05, 2021

A cloud larger than the Milky Way has been discovered in Abell 1367. The gas cloud has a mass of 10 billion suns and is located 330 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Leo.

Skywatching Tips: NASA Offers 2 Exciting Ways to Watch Venus, Milky Way

Jul 02, 2021

This month, NASA is back with its top skywatching tips, offering up two thrilling treats to look out for. The tips comprise how to best watch Venus and the Milky Way.

Where Stars Are Born: NASA's SOFIA Telescope Captures High-Resolution View of a Star Nursery in the Milky Way

Jun 24, 2021

Researchers from the University of Maryland used NASA's SOFIA telescope to capture the first clear view of an expanding bubble of hot plasma where stars are born.