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Humongous stellar-mass black hole is the biggest ever found in Milky Way

Scientists have discovered an enormous stellar-mass black hole in our Milky Way galaxy that’s roughly 33 times more massive than…

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The hidden role of the Milky Way in ancient Egyptian mythology

Ancient Egyptians were known for their religious beliefs and astronomical knowledge of the Sun, Moon, and planets, but up until…

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Youth-stealing stars could explain ‘missing giants’ at the Milky Way’s center

Our planet is in the Milky Way’s suburbs—think of a quaint town in New Jersey, with the heart of Manhattan…

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New image of Milky Way black hole shows a spiraling magnetic field : NPR

For the first time, we’re seeing the Sagittarius A* black hole in polarized light. The Event Horizon Telescope collaboration says…

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Two of the Milky Way’s earliest building blocks identified

Astronomers have identified what could be two of the Milky Way’s earliest building blocks: Named “Shakti” and “Shiva,” these appear…

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Black hole at center of the Milky Way resembles a football

The supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way is spinning so quickly it is warping the spacetime…

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Stars travel more slowly at Milky Way’s edge

By clocking the speed of stars throughout the Milky Way galaxy, MIT physicists have found that stars further out in…

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Lightest black hole or heaviest neutron star? MeerKAT uncovers a mysterious object in Milky Way

An international team of astronomers have found a new and unknown object in the Milky Way that is heavier than…

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A bar of stars at the center of the Milky Way looks surprisingly young

The biography of our home galaxy may be due for some revisions. That’s because a bar-shaped collection of stars at…

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NASA’s Webb reveals new features in heart of Milky Way

The latest image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope shows a portion of the dense center of our galaxy in…

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