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Milky Way Galaxy (photo: NASA)

The centre of the Milky Way is teeming with black holes

Astronomers poring over old x-ray observations have found signs of a dozen black holes in the inner circle of the Milky...

5 April 2018 1:56 PM IST

The galaxy is notable for having a high rate of star formation. It forms stars at a rate of 1,000 solar masses per year compared to the Milky Way, which is forming stars at a rate of some twice a solar mass per year.

Star-quake vibrations lead researchers to new estimate for Milky Way...

Star-quakes recorded by NASA's Kepler space telescope have helped answer the mystery

6 Dec 2019 10:56 AM IST

Milky Way Galaxy (photo: NASA)

Astronomers find that Milky Way is a warped and twisted galaxy

Researchers revealed the Milky Way Galaxy to be a a stellar disk comprised of four major spiral arms and a bar-shaped...

6 Aug 2019 1:29 PM IST

The galaxy is notable for having a high rate of star formation. It forms stars at a rate of 1,000 solar masses per year compared to the Milky Way, which is forming stars at a rate of some twice a solar mass per year.

Map of Milky Way Galaxy reveals presence of stellar nurseries wave

The newly developed three-dimensional map shows Earth's galactic neighborhood in a new light & is opening the door to...

10 Jan 2020 9:25 PM IST

A new moon describes the lunar phase when our satellite is positioned between Earth and the Sun. (Photo: Pixabay)

Upcoming new moon is the perfect time for stargazing

It's also invisible, because the sun is illuminating the side of the moon that always faces away from Earth.

12 March 2018 7:03 PM IST

Jupiters poles are a stark contrast to the more familiar orange and white belts and zones encircling the planet at lower latitudes. (Photo: Pixabay)

Jupiter's mystery jet-streams run deeper than thought: study

Its north pole is dominated by a central cyclone surrounded by eight circumpolar cyclones.

8 March 2018 1:44 PM IST

This Nov. 16image made with the Hubble Space Telescope shows the diffuse galaxy NGC 1052-DF2, lighter area in center. Several other galaxies can be seen through it. The unusual galaxys stars are speeding around with no apparent influence from dark matter, according to a study published on Wednesday in the journal Nature. (Photo: AP)

Astronomers discover galaxy without dark matter

The discovery could revise or even upend theories of how galaxies are formed.

29 March 2018 9:46 AM IST

The galaxy is notable for having a high rate of star formation. It forms stars at a rate of 1,000 solar masses per year compared to the Milky Way, which is forming stars at a rate of some twice a solar mass per year.

Galaxy 10,000 light years far outshines Milky Way

The galaxy appears 11 times bigger than it really is.

16 July 2017 2:06 AM IST

This computer generated image released shows a visualization of cosmic flows: blue streamlines converge on the Shapley Attractor, red streamlines trace back the velocity field to its divergent point. (Photo: AFP)

Push and pull: How the Milky Way flies

Astronomers said they had discovered a void in deep space that helps explain the direction in which we are headed, and...

31 Jan 2017 8:13 AM IST

The most advanced weather satellite ever built rocketed into space Saturday night, part of an $11 billion effort to revolutionize forecasting and save lives. (Photo: AP)

Milky Way's black hole spews out cosmic 'spitballs'

Every few thousand years, an unlucky star wanders too close to the black hole whose powerful gravity rips the star apart

12 Jan 2017 9:29 PM IST

As these stars have been around since the earliest days of the Clouds existence, they offer an insight into the pairs history. (Representational image)

Two largest satellite galaxies Magellanic Clouds bridged by stars

For the past 15 years, scientists have been eagerly anticipating the data from Gaia.

10 Feb 2017 9:44 AM IST