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
Why do we assume extraterrestrials might want to visit us? It is presumptuous to assume that we are worthy of special attention from advanced species in the Milky Way. ~space Article 912 words 5 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
Astronomers have spotted an ultrafast star, traveling at a blistering six million km/h, that was ejected by the supermassive black hole at the heart at the Milky Way five million years ago ~space astronomy Article 706 words 9 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