Milky Way

Artistic representation of the spiral barred galaxy ceers-2112, observed in the early universe

Does Earth have a twin? Webb Telescope discovers galaxy similar to Milky WayNovember 10, 2023

Comparison between a conventional galaxy (ESO 325-G004) enveloped in a halo of dark matter, occupying the heaviest plate on the weight scale, and the galaxy NGC 1277 (on the left), in which the study of the mass distribution reveals the absence of dark matter

Cosmic conundrum: First galaxy discovered without dark matter leaves scientists baffledSeptember 3, 2023

NGC 6652

Hubble telescope captures jaw-dropping ‘glitzy’ galactic viewAugust 7, 2023

image of a much wider view of the center of the Milky Way obtained by Chandra.

Listen to this eerie echo coming from Milky Way’s supermassive black holeJune 21, 2023

MeerKAT image of the galactic center with color-coded position angles of the short, radial filaments.

Mysterious, Morse code-like ‘structures’ at center of Milky Way ‘stun’ astronomersJune 2, 2023

Image of 2 galaxies passing close to each other

Supermassive black hole lurking at edge of universe one of biggest ever detectedMay 16, 2023