Related: Stunning Photos of Our Milky Way Galaxy (Gallery) To this end, for the first time ever, the EHT has been able to conduct VLBI at a shorter wavelength of 0.87mm. "With the EHT, we saw the first images of black holes by detecting radio waves at the 1.3mm wavelength, but the...
Hubble telescope captures beauty of nearby galaxy Behold a rare sight: bright-blue wisps of glowing gas and sparkling young stars in one of the closest galaxies to Earth Sep 13, 2016 Astronomy Photographer of the Year shortlist Breathtaking images of the Milky Way, the Northern Lights and more...
Our Milky Way Galaxy (Image credit: ESA/NASA/JPL-Caltech) How much do you know about the city you live in? Sure, you've got your favorite restaurants and the best way to avoid traffic during rush hour, but it's unlikely you know the details of every urban nook and cranny. The ...
Trajectory of the Smith Cloud falling into the Milky Way galaxy. (Image credit: NASA and ESA) Fox and his colleagues found that the cloud is as rich in sulfur as the outer disk of the Milky Way, a region filled with material created by stars and spread when they exploded into supernova...