Milky

Browse ScienceInfo articles and explainers related to Milky.

Topic archive

Articles about Milky

356 published items.

Close up of galactic conflict
Space science

Close up of galactic conflict

Astronomers saw a pair of galaxies rushing into each other in the distant universe, a future image of the Milky Way itself for several billion years.

December 17, 2018
Discovering the Milky Way's new black hole
Space science

Discovering the Milky Way's new black hole

NASA said the Swift satellite had captured X-ray beams from a place near the center of the Milky Way, evidence that the existence of a previously unknown black hole.

December 17, 2018
New findings help prove the theory of black holes
Space science

New findings help prove the theory of black holes

American astronomers from the University of California (Los Angeles, UCLA, USA) on October 4 found that a star with orbit moves very close to the giant black hole in the…

December 17, 2018
Can the planet exist between the Milky Way core?
Space science

Can the planet exist between the Milky Way core?

At the center of the Milky Way, the crowded stars are packed close together, supernova explosions emitting horrific shock and radiation waves, not to mention the greedy

December 17, 2018
Detecting a group of 'ghost galaxies'
Space science

Detecting a group of 'ghost galaxies'

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured images of three strange galaxies and their existence can help scientists explain one of the mysteries of the universe.

December 17, 2018
The Milky Way is vibrating like a bell.
Space science

The Milky Way is vibrating like a bell.

That's the conclusion of a group of Canadian and American astronomers, based on the findings that the Milky Way might have encountered a satellite galaxy or a large stru…

December 17, 2018
Stars are abandoned
Space science

Stars are abandoned

It is not easy to get a star out of its galaxy, but experts at Vanderbilt University (USA) have identified a group of more than 675 stars falling into this situation. Wa…

December 17, 2018
Planet super speed
Space science

Planet super speed

Seven years ago, astronomers discovered the first fleeing star from the Milky Way at a rate of about 2.4 million km / h. New research results conducted by Harvard-Smiths…

December 17, 2018
Nomadic planets flood the Milky Way
Space science

Nomadic planets flood the Milky Way

Our galaxy may contain more than 100,000 planets that move freely, not belonging to any solar system. That is the conclusion drawn from the study of planets

December 17, 2018
Constellations 13 billion years old
Space science

Constellations 13 billion years old

Our Milky Way series is surrounded by nearly 200 dense constellations, each with about one million stars on average. At the age of 13 billion years, these spherical cons…

December 17, 2018
Interstellar material
Space science

Interstellar material

NASA's interstellar zone exploration program (IBEX) has obtained the best and most complete view ever of what is outside our solar system. New measurements provide clues…

December 17, 2018