Astronomers unveil strong magnetic fields spiraling at the edge of Milky Way’s central black hole ~space astronomy Article 247 words 10 votes
A six-planet system in perfect synchrony has been found in the Milky Way ~space astronomy Article 517 words 55 votes
The brightest gamma-ray burst ever recorded rattled Earth's atmosphere ~space astronomy Article 1244 words, published Jan 1 2023 18 votes
There are more galaxies in the Universe than even Carl Sagan ever imagined ~space astronomy Article 2420 words, published Jun 22 2022 10 votes
Observations of a star orbiting the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way over almost thirty years confirm that it moves just as predicted by Einstein’s general theory of relativity ~space Article 1458 words 8 votes
The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way was recently observed flaring to over seventy-five times its normal brightness in near-infrared ~space astronomy Article 1289 words 11 votes
Milky Way is 'S-shaped', 3D map reveals, in a new way of looking at our celestial home ~space astronomy Article 909 words 4 votes
Astronomers have found a star that may produce the next gamma-ray burst in the Milky Way ~science astronomy Article 1377 words 10 votes