Posts Tagged ‘Milky Way’
Milky Way is ‘white as snow’
U. PITTSBURGH (US) — The most accurate determination yet of the color of the Milky Way galaxy finds it is pure white—”almost mirroring a fresh spring snowfall,” astrophysicists say. Continue…
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Science & Technology - Sep 19, 2011 12:09 - 0 Comments
How the Milky Way got its spiral
U. PITTSBURGH (US) — The Milky Way’s spiral arms began forming after an epic collision with the Sagittarius Dwarf galaxy, according to supercomputer simulations. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 17, 2011 12:17 - 0 Comments
Black hole eats star, spews light beam
U. WARWICK (UK) — A big, bright bang recorded by astronomers came from a distant black hole that ripped apart a star and blasted an energy beam to Earth. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 27, 2010 6:43 - 0 Comments
Hidden X-ray source found in Milky Way
PENN STATE (US) — Astronomers have discovered an X-ray emitting object that had been hidden inside the constellation Centaurus. (more…)
Science & Technology - Aug 31, 2010 11:59 - 0 Comments
Spitzer goes to extremes with Milky Way
IOWA STATE (US)—The Spitzer Space Telescope is now taking aim at the outer reaches of the Milky Way. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jul 26, 2010 11:45 - 1 Comment
Fast stars fueled by black hole
U. MICHIGAN (US)—The black hole at the center of the galaxy is to blame for sling-shotting “hypervelocity stars” out of the Milky Way at up to 1.8 million miles per hour, new research suggests. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 14, 2010 11:01 - 0 Comments
First look deep inside infant solar systems
U. ARIZONA (US)—Astronomers have observed in unprecedented detail the processes giving rise to stars and planets in nascent solar systems. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jan 13, 2010 10:58 - 5 Comments
So, why is the Milky Way a barred spiral?
CALTECH (US)—For the first time, two astronomers have explained the diversity of galaxy shapes seen in the universe. (more…)
Society & Culture - Dec 30, 2009 17:22 - 0 Comments
Early galaxies as never seen before
U. COLORADO (US)—The Herschel Space Observatory has provided one of the most detailed views yet of space up to 12 billion years back in time. The images reveal thousands of newly discovered galaxies in their early stages of formation, says astrophysicist Jason Glenn. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 27, 2009 10:37 - 2 Comments
Cosmic ‘weather’ at edge of solar system
U. CHICAGO (US)—Scientists have published the first comprehensive sky maps revealing a surprising ribbon of energetic neutral atoms at the outer edge of the solar wind bubble surrounding the solar system. (more…)
