Space IceCube Snaps the First Neutrino Image of the Milky Way Neutrinos, often referred to as "ghost particles," are elementary particles that interact very weakly with matter, making them extremely challenging to detect. However, the IceCube detector has made this extraordinary feat possible.
Space Astronomers Created a New Detailed Map of the Milky Way The map is comprised of 21,400 individual exposures, with a final image showing a huge 3.32 billion celestial objects. The collected data accounts for around 6.5 percent of the entire night sky.
Space The Milky Way May Have a Different Shape Than We Previously Thought After a detailed study of the collected and systematized data, scientists suggested that the Milky Way is a spiral galaxy with only two main arms extending from a centralized cluster of stars.
Space Astronomers Discover a "Mirror Image" of the Milky Way from Billions of Years Ago Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered a galaxy that looks very similar to our Milky Way in its early stages of evolution. It was named the Sparkler because almost two dozen glittering globular clusters orbit it.
Space We Can Now Hear the Sound of One of the Milky Way's Most Beautiful Stars Converting visual data into auditory data makes it more accessible to people with visual impairments. In addition, this approach can reveal details in the data, like patterns and weaker signals, that might otherwise be overlooked.
Space Astronomers Discover Alcohol Molecules in the Centre of the Milky Way A group of scientists has discovered the largest alcohol molecule in space – isopropanol was found in the Sagittarius B2 gas-dust cloud near the center of the Milky Way. Sagittarius B2 is a massive star-forming region where new stars are born.
Space Astronomers Discover a Star With the Widest Range of Elements These elements were made by the rapid neutron capture process. During this process, an element gets additional neutrons that then “decay” into protons, which changes the atom into a new element.
Space Humanity Will Need to Survive 400,000 Years to Make Contact With Aliens In this study, the researchers were guided by data on the history of galactic star formation, metallicity distributions, and the probability of the existence of Earth-like planets in the habitable zones of stars.
Space ESO Shares the First Image of the Black Hole at the Center of the Milky Way We cannot see the black hole itself, since it is completely black, but the luminous gas around proves that it is there: the dark central region is surrounded by a bright ring-like structure. The new image captures light distorted by the powerful gravity of the black hole.
Space Scientists Plan to Create a New Message for Intelligent Aliens The message will include information on the Earth's principles of communication, the basic mathematical and physical concepts, the structure of DNA, as well as people, and the Earth as a whole.
Space Astronomers Discover an Ultra-Faint Satellite of Milky Way Pegasus IV is classified as an ultra-faint galaxy. Such objects are characterized by extremely low brightness but are rich in mysterious dark matter. Ultra-faint galaxies are thought to be very ancient objects, formed shortly after the Big Bang.
Space Astronomers Discover a Mysterious Spinning Object in the Milky Way The scientists established that the object is about four thousand light years from Earth. So far, astronomers can only say that it is incredibly bright and has an extremely strong magnetic field.
Space Scientists Detect Up to 170 New Rogue Planets Wandering our Galaxy If a planet is young and hot, its own residual heat helps find it. That's how scientists found the new rogue planets this time after analyzing 80,000 images taken over the past 20 years of astronomical observations.
Space NASA Shares a New Panorama of the Center of the Milky Way It is noted that our own galaxy is difficult to study, as it is hidden by a fog of gas and dust. But the researchers were able to penetrate it precisely with the help of the X-ray observatory Chandra, which sees X-rays instead of visible light.