The Shape of the Milky Way - The EvidenceThere are two methods traditionally used to map the spiral structure of our Galaxy. The first method is to study the density of the neutral hydrogen (HI) in the plane of the Galaxy which is enhanced in the spiral arms. This was first attempted ...
An illustration of our galaxy, the Milky Way. (Image credit: Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library/Getty Images) A complicated picture of Milky Way magnetic fields In the heart of the Milky Way exists a region called the central molecular zone, which is packed with an estimated 60 million solar...
Astronomers have published the most detailed infrared map of the Milky Way. With over 200,000 images taken byESO‘s VISTA telescope, this map is a breakthrough that gives astronomers new insight into our galaxy. The telescope, located in Chile, is used to map large portions of the sky. Th...
“We made so many discoveries, we have changed the view of our Galaxy forever,” said project leader Dante Minniti of Universidad Andrés Bello in Chile in astatement. One important part of the data is a more accurate map of the inner region of the Milky Way, which is often obscured by ...
An image of interstellar dust moving through the Milky Way’s magnetic field may help scientists learn more about the origin of galaxies
The map – created from measurements of atomic hydrogen – reveals that the galaxy's spiral arms are ragged and patchy along their length
SYDNEY, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- An Australian and Chinese collaboration has created the most accurate 3D model so far of the Milky Way, showing the galaxy to be curved rather than a flat disc shape. The team from Macquarie University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences used the locations of ...
Hubble images a pair of galaxies caught in the process of merging Browse through 3B celestial objects in Milky Way survey Astronomers find remnants of planets around 10 billion-year-old stars Merged galaxy gives a glimpse at the future of the Milky Way...
Although the stars lie in a stream associated with the Sagittarius dwarf galaxy, the astronomers quickly determined that the objects were traveling too slowly to be a part of that branch. Nor could they be part of the Milky Way's bulge, as they lie too far from the galactic center. Get ...
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- An international team of astronomers charted the most detailed three-dimensional map of the Milky Way, revealing that the galaxy is not flat but has an S-shaped, warped stellar disc. The study published on Thursday online in the journal Science showed that the...