This image captures a richly detailed section of the Milky Way, showcasing a tapestry of stars and glowing nebulas. Against a black cosmic backdrop, countless white stars sparkle like scattered ...
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The Milky Way ripples like a vast cosmic wave. Gaia’s precise measurements reveal a colossal motion sweeping through the ...
New simulations tilt the scales for competing theories about excess gamma ray light at the center of the galaxy ...
There is a mysterious glow coming from the middle of our galaxy – and scientists say it could help solve one of the ...
A colossal wave is rolling through the Milky Way’s stars, mapped by ESA’s Gaia telescope and reshaping our understanding of ...
A mysterious glow of gamma rays from the centre of the Milky Way has reignited debate over dark matter. The unexplained ...
A team of scientists from the Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF) in Italy, led by astronomer Eloisa Poggio, looked ...
"Gaia provides the first accurate view of what our section of the Milky Way would look like from above," Lewis McCallum, an ...