A groundbreaking infrared map of the Milky Way, created using 13 years of data from the ESO’s VISTA telescope, has unveiled an astounding 1.5 billion objects, including nebulae, stars, planets, and brown dwarfs. The map provides an unprecedented view of our galaxy’s inner workings, shedding light on its structure, evolution, and the mysteries of its central black hole.
A team of astronomers has unveiled the most comprehensive infrared map of the Milky Way, revealing over 1.5 billion celestial objects, including stars, brown dwarfs, rogue planets, and hypervelocity stars. This groundbreaking map, created using 13 years of data from the VISTA telescope, provides unprecedented insights into the composition and evolution of our galaxy.
The James Webb Space Telescope has turned its powerful gaze toward the Milky Way’s extreme outer edge, revealing stunning details of star-forming regions and the chaotic behavior of nascent stars. The observations highlight the unique characteristics of these distant regions, offering new insights into the galaxy’s early history and the diverse processes of star formation.
Explore the stunning beauty and intricate structures of our Milky Way galaxy through captivating images captured by NASA’s advanced telescopes. From polarized dust clouds to enigmatic bubbles and the galactic center, discover the wonders of our celestial home.
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured an image of a galaxy that appears as a question mark, due to a phenomenon called gravitational lensing. This unique observation provides valuable insights into the evolution of galaxies, including those similar to our own Milky Way in its early stages.
NGC 6744, a spiral galaxy remarkably similar to our Milky Way, provides valuable insights into our own galaxy’s structure and evolution. This new image, captured by the Dark Energy Camera, reveals intricate details of NGC 6744, including its bright nucleus, dust lanes fueling star formation, and a faint companion galaxy. Scientists are using this data to create a comprehensive 3D map of the night sky.
A newly discovered ring of radio light, dubbed Kýklos, defies expectations and challenges existing explanations for similar celestial phenomena. Unlike other ‘odd radio circles’ (ORCs), Kýklos is situated within the Milky Way, prompting astronomers to speculate about its origin. While a Wolf-Rayet star, a massive star shedding its outer layers, appears to be the most likely explanation, further observation with the James Webb Space Telescope is needed to confirm this hypothesis.
A new study suggests that the Milky Way galaxy has a 50% chance of colliding with the Andromeda galaxy in the next 10 billion years. This is a significant departure from previous predictions that a collision was inevitable. The study, which utilized data from the Gaia and Hubble space telescopes, found that the gravitational influence of other galaxies within the Local Group could alter the trajectory of the Milky Way and Andromeda, potentially preventing a collision.
Astronomers have found a rare ‘missing link’ black hole in the center of our galaxy, a discovery that sheds light on the elusive intermediate-mass black holes. This black hole, located within the IRS 13 star cluster, is estimated to be 30,000 times the mass of our sun and is thought to be the anchor for the cluster’s unusual structure.
Astronomers have long been puzzled by the lack of medium-sized black holes, known as intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs). Now, the Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered compelling evidence of an IMBH within the Milky Way galaxy, located in the Omega Centauri star cluster. This discovery provides crucial insights into the evolution of black holes.
