A SUMMARY of the most up-to-date knowledge of the galaxy is provided by an article ... commencing with Glydén's discovery in 1871 of the galactic rotation effect in stellar proper motions ...

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"It's easy to romanticize Hubble and his discovery of the universe beyond the Milky Way galaxy, but his work really stood on the shoulders of a number of people," said Jeff Rich, an astronomer at ...

This illustration shows a stage in the predicted merger between our Milky Way galaxy and the ... [+] neighboring Andromeda galaxy, as it will unfold over the next several billion years.

The early universe was a chaotic place after the Big Bang. It was incredibly hot and dense, far beyond anything we can imagine. Astronomers are working to understand how galaxies formed and ...

“Discovering a galaxy with such similarities to our Milky Way, dominated by rotation, challenges our understanding of how ...

The Fermi Bubbles, massive shockwaves from a black hole eruption, still expand over the Milky Way. This event reshaped our ...

the Andromeda Galaxy will collide with the Milky Way, resulting in a spectacular cosmic collision! Don’t worry, though – the distances between stars are vast, so we won’t feel a thing.

An artist's impression of the Milky Way, seen edge-on ... “Even basic ideas have been revised, such as the rotation of our galaxy’s central bar, the warp of the disc, the detailed structure ...

The European Space Agency's (ESA) Gaia telescope has completed its objective - making the most detailed and precise map of the Milky Way galaxy. The agency shared the visuals on social media, ...

But only one galaxy stands out as the most important nearby stellar island to our Milky Way—the magnificent Andromeda galaxy (Messier 31). It can be seen with the naked eye on a very clear ...

Scientists have found the beginnings of a young universe that may offer insights into the beginnings of our own Milky Way Galaxy. Geoff Bennett and Miles O'Brien discussed why scientists are ...