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Scientists discover massive galaxy from early universe, could unveil mysteries of ancient cosmic past

This newly discovered ancient galaxy is as large as the Milky Way but is considered more active with vigorous star formation

Oct 23, 2019

By Nirmal Narayanan

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Portal to another dimension? NASA-ESA's Hubble releases photo of massive spiral galaxy

The ESA and NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured a photo of a spiral galaxy that looks like a portal to another dimension.

Oct 16, 2019

By Carlo Inigo Monzon

Nasa Space

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Black hole devouring star, emitting light brighter than 100 suns, new study reveals

Astronomers found a small black hole that's brighter than a hundred suns and is devouring a nearby star

Oct 15, 2019

By Carlo Inigo Monzon

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The center of the Milky Way exploded a short while - just 3.5 million years - ago

Scientists find evidence of a gigantic flare that happened 3.5 million years ago, but was powerful enough to be felt 200,000 light years away.

Oct 14, 2019

By Revathi Sivakumar

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Astronomers claim that Milky Way in course of colliding and merging with another galaxy

A new study revealed that Milky Way has already started merging with the Large Magellanic Cloud and has already devoured some of its small galaxies.

Oct 11, 2019

By Carlo Inigo Monzon

Space

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NASA's Spitzer captures stunning photo of star-rich region bursting with bubbles

NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope was able to capture a stunning infrared image of a star-rich region filled with bubbles within the Milky Way galaxy.

Oct 10, 2019

By Carlo Inigo Monzon

Nasa Space

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New study reveals the center of Milky Way exploded 3.5 million years ago

The study report revealed that the explosion in the center of Milky Way was so violent, and the impact was felt 200,000 light-years away

Oct 7, 2019

By Nirmal Narayanan

Using the Event Horizon Telescope, scientists obtained an image of the black hole at the center of galaxy M87, outlined by emission from hot gas swirling around it under the influence of strong gravity near its event horizon.

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Astronomers planning to film Milky Way's black hole as it devours stars and planets

Astronomers from the Event Horizon Telescope are planning a new project that involves filming Milky Way's supermassive black hole.

Oct 4, 2019

By Carlo Inigo Monzon

Space Universe

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Monster galaxy Andromeda has been devouring smaller galaxies; Is our Milky Way next?

New research claimed that Andromeda galaxy, which is about 2.537 million light-years away is a monster galaxy and it may swallow Milky way

Oct 3, 2019

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Space

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NASA's Hubble spots galaxy moving towards earth at over 870,000 km per hour

NASA and ESA's Hubble Space Telescope spotted a galaxy that's moving towards Milky Way at over 870,000 kilometers per hour.

Oct 2, 2019

By Carlo Inigo Monzon

Nasa Space

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NASA's scientists explain the chances of a wandering black hole eating Earth in Reddit AMA

Scientists from NASA discussed if it's possible for Earth to get devoured by a wandering black hole.

Oct 1, 2019

By Carlo Inigo Monzon

Nasa Space

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New study reveals the shape of Milky Way galaxy, and it is not a disc

The research report regarding the shape of Milky Way could widen the current understanding of black holes

Aug 2, 2019

By Nirmal Narayanan

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Milky Way once devoured a smaller galaxy, study says

The research report revealed that learning more about this galactic collision will help us to know more about the evolution of Milky Way

Jul 25, 2019

By Nirmal Narayanan

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Milky Way still bears scars of an ancient galactic collision; history to repeat?

Researchers believe that such a galactic collision may bring about more devastating changes on the Milky Way in the future

Jun 16, 2019

By Nirmal Narayanan

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Researchers discover intergalactic bridge that stretches across two galaxies

Researchers revealed that this new discovery will help to learn more about the cosmic web of filamentary structures which connect distant objects in the universe

Jun 12, 2019

By Nirmal Narayanan

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What's behind mysterious holes in Milky Way? Researcher blames it on dark matter

The research report suggested that a strong dark matter ball might have inflicted holes in the Milky Way

May 16, 2019

By Nirmal Narayanan

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Scientists finally uncover the weight of Milky Way

Scientists revealed that the Milky Way weighs about 1.5 trillion solar masses within a radius of 129 000 light-years.

Mar 9, 2019

By Nirmal Narayanan

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Lying around 20,000 light-years from us in the constellation of Scorpius (The Scorpion)

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Netherland scientists spot high-speeding stars from other galaxies heading towards Milky Way

A team of scientists in Netherland has spotted a bunch of high-speeding stars heading towards the Milky Way

Oct 7, 2018

By Nirmal Narayanan

This six-panel graphic illustrates a possible scenario for the powerful blast seen 170 years ago from the star system Eta Carinae

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NASA recreates how Milky Way Star fought with siblings 170 years ago

Though it is not possible to travel back to the 1800s to once again see and record the actual eruption, a "rebroadcast" of sorts was captured by scientists, about 170 years later, now.

Aug 4, 2018

By Immanuel Jotham

Nasa Space

Night falls over radio telescope dishes of the KAT-7 Array at the proposed South African site for the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) telescope near Carnavon in the country's remote Northern Cape province

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New telescope in South Africa will show us centre of Milky Way

Milky Way's centre is basically one of those areas that are extremely difficult to take a look at, as it's enveloped by gas clouds and dust but MeerKAT is capable of looking through these clouds.

Jul 20, 2018

By Poulami Nag

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