A composite image of the central region of our Milky Way galaxy, known as Sagittarius A. SOFIA found that magnetic fields, shown as streamlines, are strong...
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The Sagittarius dwarf galaxy has been orbiting the Milky Way for billions for years. As its orbit around the 10,000 times more massive Milky Way gradually...
Scientists have given some hope to space colonization with the discovery of a habitable Earth-sized planet that circles its own sun-like star, as reported by...
Visible light observations from the Hubble Space Telescope and infrared imagery from the Large Binocular Telescope were combined to create this dramatic view...
People watch a partial eclipse in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on March 20, 2015. Image via NASA/ Robin Cordiner. In 2020, we’ll have three eclipses in one lunar...
Our Milky Way galaxy and its small companions are surrounded by a giant halo of million-degree gas (seen in blue in this artists’ rendition) that is only...
Artist’s illustration of the possible disintegrating planet in the nearby planetary system, known as DMPP-1. Mark A. Garlick / Haswell / Barnes/Staab /...
Diligence, technological progress and a little luck have together solved a 20 year mystery of the cosmos. Image via CSIRO/ Alex Cherney/ The Conversation. By J...
As told in this month’s Sky Tour astronomy podcast, June is a minimalist month for stargazing because the nights are so short. For most of us evening...
On May 30, 2020, NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission launched successfully. It is the first U.S human spaceflight from U.S. soil since 2011 – on an American rocket...
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