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Scientists Find Dwarf Galaxy That May Have Been Absorbed By Milky Way Billions Of Years Ago
The discovery was made after scientists examined 20 metal-poor stars located on the Milky Way's galactic plane.
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From Meteor Showers To Blue Moon: Rare Celestial Events This May
With a mix of lunar events, planetary alignments and meteor activity, May offers multiple opportunities for stargazers to explore the night sky.
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New Einstein Cross Reveals Surprising Galaxy Evolution
Astronomers discovered a rare Einstein Cross around galaxy J1453g, revealing a stellar structure similar to the Milky Way. The finding challenges current theories of how elliptical galaxies form and evolve.
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Scientists Challenge Black Hole Theory, Say Dark Matter Core May Lie At Centre Of Milky Way
Lead author Valentina Crespi explained that this dense dark matter core could bend light so strongly that it creates a dark region in the centre.
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From Deep Space: Artemis II Astronauts Capture a Stunning View of the Milky Way
Astronauts on Artemis II captured a stunning image of the Milky Way during their return journey, revealing the galactic plane, star clusters, and distant structures with unprecedented clarity from deep space.
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NASA Shares "Heavenly View" Of Milky Way Taken By Artemis II Crew
The astronauts took turns looking out Orion's windows, capturing photos of the Moon's far side and Earth's crescent shape.
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NASA Shares Image Of Pinwheel Galaxy Highlighting Its Vast Structure
It is located about 25 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Ursa Major.
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NASA Captures Rare Neutron Star Collision In Tiny Distant Galaxy
Scientists believe this long stream of gas may have formed when several galaxies collided millions of years ago.
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Scientists Finally Know Source Of Mysterious Signals Coming From Heart Of Our Galaxy
The research makes use of data coming from telescopes deep in the Milky Way.
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Scientists Say the Milky Way Might Sit Inside a Massive Dark Matter Sheet
Astronomers found the Milky Way lies within a massive flat sheet of dark matter about 32 million light-years across. Simulations show this structure and nearby cosmic voids balance gravitational forces, explaining why most nearby galaxies move away instead of falling toward the Local Group.
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NASA Shares Heart-Shaped Nebula Image To Mark Valentine's Day
In this image, the Cocoon Nebula appears as a glowing, heart-shaped cloud, with a star-filled sky stretching behind it.
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NASA’s TESS Captures First Images of Rare Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite has captured rare images of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, only the third such object ever detected. Observations from January 2026 reveal the comet rotates every 15 hours and produces sunlight-driven jets, behaving much like Solar System comets. Scientists say studying 3I/ATLAS may unlock clues about th...
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Astronomers Look to the Large Magellanic Cloud to Study How Stars Are Born
The Large Magellanic Cloud is a nearby dwarf galaxy glowing with star birth. Just 160,000 light-years away, it hosts vast nebulae like the Tarantula and historic events such as Supernova 1987A, offering astronomers a rare, close-up laboratory to study how stars form, evolve, and explode.
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Runaway Stars Help Astronomers Trace Dark Matter Distribution Across the Milky Way Galaxy
Astronomers have identified dozens of runaway stars moving fast enough to escape the Milky Way. By tracking these hypervelocity stars, researchers can map the galaxy’s gravitational pull and better understand how dark matter is distributed across its vast halo, offering new insight into the unseen structure shaping our cosmic home.
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Indian Scientists Discover Ancient Milky Way-Like Galaxy Alaknanda With Spiral Arms
Indian scientists have discovered an ancient and massive galaxy called Alaknanda. It looks similar to our Milky Way galaxy and is special because it has clear spiral arms, even though it formed when the universe was only 1.5 billion years old.
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Scientists Find Dwarf Galaxy That May Have Been Absorbed By Milky Way Billions Of Years Ago
The discovery was made after scientists examined 20 metal-poor stars located on the Milky Way's galactic plane.
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From Meteor Showers To Blue Moon: Rare Celestial Events This May
With a mix of lunar events, planetary alignments and meteor activity, May offers multiple opportunities for stargazers to explore the night sky.
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New Einstein Cross Reveals Surprising Galaxy Evolution
Astronomers discovered a rare Einstein Cross around galaxy J1453g, revealing a stellar structure similar to the Milky Way. The finding challenges current theories of how elliptical galaxies form and evolve.
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Scientists Challenge Black Hole Theory, Say Dark Matter Core May Lie At Centre Of Milky Way
Lead author Valentina Crespi explained that this dense dark matter core could bend light so strongly that it creates a dark region in the centre.
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From Deep Space: Artemis II Astronauts Capture a Stunning View of the Milky Way
Astronauts on Artemis II captured a stunning image of the Milky Way during their return journey, revealing the galactic plane, star clusters, and distant structures with unprecedented clarity from deep space.
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NASA Shares "Heavenly View" Of Milky Way Taken By Artemis II Crew
The astronauts took turns looking out Orion's windows, capturing photos of the Moon's far side and Earth's crescent shape.
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NASA Shares Image Of Pinwheel Galaxy Highlighting Its Vast Structure
It is located about 25 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Ursa Major.
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NASA Captures Rare Neutron Star Collision In Tiny Distant Galaxy
Scientists believe this long stream of gas may have formed when several galaxies collided millions of years ago.
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Scientists Finally Know Source Of Mysterious Signals Coming From Heart Of Our Galaxy
The research makes use of data coming from telescopes deep in the Milky Way.
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Scientists Say the Milky Way Might Sit Inside a Massive Dark Matter Sheet
Astronomers found the Milky Way lies within a massive flat sheet of dark matter about 32 million light-years across. Simulations show this structure and nearby cosmic voids balance gravitational forces, explaining why most nearby galaxies move away instead of falling toward the Local Group.
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NASA Shares Heart-Shaped Nebula Image To Mark Valentine's Day
In this image, the Cocoon Nebula appears as a glowing, heart-shaped cloud, with a star-filled sky stretching behind it.
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NASA’s TESS Captures First Images of Rare Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite has captured rare images of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, only the third such object ever detected. Observations from January 2026 reveal the comet rotates every 15 hours and produces sunlight-driven jets, behaving much like Solar System comets. Scientists say studying 3I/ATLAS may unlock clues about th...
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Astronomers Look to the Large Magellanic Cloud to Study How Stars Are Born
The Large Magellanic Cloud is a nearby dwarf galaxy glowing with star birth. Just 160,000 light-years away, it hosts vast nebulae like the Tarantula and historic events such as Supernova 1987A, offering astronomers a rare, close-up laboratory to study how stars form, evolve, and explode.
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Runaway Stars Help Astronomers Trace Dark Matter Distribution Across the Milky Way Galaxy
Astronomers have identified dozens of runaway stars moving fast enough to escape the Milky Way. By tracking these hypervelocity stars, researchers can map the galaxy’s gravitational pull and better understand how dark matter is distributed across its vast halo, offering new insight into the unseen structure shaping our cosmic home.
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Indian Scientists Discover Ancient Milky Way-Like Galaxy Alaknanda With Spiral Arms
Indian scientists have discovered an ancient and massive galaxy called Alaknanda. It looks similar to our Milky Way galaxy and is special because it has clear spiral arms, even though it formed when the universe was only 1.5 billion years old.
