Milky Way
Galaxy containing the Solar System
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The Milky Way is the galaxy that includes the Solar System, with the name describing the galaxy's appearance from Earth: a hazy band of light seen in the night sky formed from stars that cannot be individually distinguished by the naked eye.
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Black hole that's 33 times bigger than the sun found 'lurking undetected' close to EarthAstronomers have discovered the Milky Way's "most massive" stellar black hole yet.Sky News - Published | |
New type of star - nicknamed 'old smokers' - discovered at the heart of the Milky WayScientists say they have discovered a new type of star deep at the heart of our galaxy.Sky News - Published | |
Mysterious new object found in Milky WayA new and mysterious object has been discovered in the Milky Way and could be a combination of a black hole and a special type of pulsating star.Sky News - Published | |
Galactic marvel: Nasa's Hubble telescope reveals majestic spiral wonder 100 million light years awayNasa recently shared an image on their Instagram handle, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, revealing the extended arms of a massive spiral galaxy located approximately 100 million light-years..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Disc vital to forming stars and planets found outside Milky Way in astronomical firstAstronomers exploring a neighbouring galaxy have found evidence of a disc like those which help form stars and planets in our own Milky Way.Sky News - Published | |
Heart of Milky Way captured in 'unprecedented detail' in new imagesA new image from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope reveals never-before-seen features at the centre of the Milky Way.Sky News - Published | |
Nasa sends Indians Diwali greetings with image of ‘celestial festival of lights’NASA's Hubble space telescope has shared a festive image of a globular cluster resembling the lights of Diwali, the Indian festival of lights. The cluster, known as Liller 1, is located 30,000..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Astronomers solve mystery about quasars - and the likely future of the Milky Way Astronomers have solved the mystery of how quasars - the brightest and most powerful objects in the universe - are ignited.Sky News - Published | |
Mmmm, cosmic chocolate pralines: Scientists reveal inner structure of neutron stars It turns out the Milky Way is not the only cosmic entity with chocolatey connotations.Sky News - Published | |
Supermassive Black Hole At Center of Galaxy Captured in PhotoThis is incredible ... a black hole smack in the middle of our Milky Way galaxy that is 4.3 MILLION times the mass of the sun!!! The image was captured by The Event Horizon Telescope Group. Now get..TMZ.com - Published | |
First image of massive black hole at centre of Milky Way galaxy revealed The first image of the massive black hole at the centre of our Milky Way galaxy has been revealed.Sky News - Published | |
Deepest ever images of Milky Way show stars moving around supermassive black hole Scientists have shared the deepest and sharpest ever images of the region around the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way, helping reveal its true mass and location.Sky News - Published |
