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Experts find dormant black hole near our galaxy
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 19 (ANI): A stellar-mass black hole has been discovered in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a galaxy which is the neighbour of the Milky Way Galaxy. This discovery was made by a group of international experts who are renowned for disproving other black hole discoveries.
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Gaia space telescope rocks science of asteroids: Study
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 20 (ANI): According to a study by the University of Helsinki, the European Gaia space mission has produced an unprecedented amount of new, improved, and detailed data for almost two billion objects in the Milky Way galaxy and the surrounding cosmos. The Gaia Data Rel
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Astronomers capture image of black hole at center of the Milky Way
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Daejeon [South Korea], May 16 (ANI/Global Economic):Astronomers snapped an image of a supermassive black hole for the first time in history. This is the second result of the research team since 2019, when it presented a picture of the M87 black hole. The Korea Astronomy and Space Science Ins
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Scientists find new catalogue of stars revealing chemical history of Milky
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], February 26 (ANI): University of Notre Dame researchers, along with collaborators in China and Australia, published a recent sample catalogue of more than 24 million stars that can be used to decipher the chemical history of elements in the Milky Way Galaxy.
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4.4 million galaxies revealed by scientists in new study
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Durham [England], February 26 (ANI): It is not an unknown fact that our universe has millions of galaxies, of which, we live in one: the Milky Way galaxy. But is it possible to find out how many galaxies are there? In a piece of surprising news, a Durham University astronomer collaborating w
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Astronomers map mysterious element in space, reveals study
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Lund (Sweden) [Europe], February 24 (ANI): A research team has provided an important clue to the origin of the element Ytterbium in the Milky Way by showing that the element largely originates from supernova explosions. The groundbreaking research also provides new opportunities for studying
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New catalogue of stars reveals chemical history of Milky Way, says study
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Indiana [US], February 22 (ANI): The Milky Way Galaxy has an end number of mysteries in it that still need to be deciphered by scientists and astronomers. Now, University of Notre Dame researchers, along with collaborators in China and Australia, published a new sample catalogue of more than
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The Milky Way's feeding habits reveal dark matter
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Chicago [US], January 17 (ANI): A new study has revealed the properties of dark matter enveloping our Milky Way galaxy, thanks to a new map of twelve streams of stars orbiting within our galactic halo.
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Gamma-ray Telescope selected by NASA to chart Milky Way evolution
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 19 (ANI): The US space agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has selected a new space telescope proposal to study the recent history of star birth, star death, and the formation of chemical elements in the Milky Way.
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Astronomers find a 'break' in one of Milky Way's spiral arms: NASA
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], August 17 (ANI): NASA on Tuesday announced scientists have spotted a previously unrecognized feature of our Milky Way galaxy: A contingent of young stars and star-forming gas clouds is sticking out of one of the Milky Way's spiral arms like a splinter poking out from a pl
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Astronomers spot 'blinking giant' near center of Galaxy
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 13 (ANI): Astronomers have spotted a giant 'blinking' star towards the centre of the Milky Way, more than 25,000 light-years away.
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New study indicates supermassive black hole at center of Milky Way is low-
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 20 (ANI): New research has revealed that the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy is not spinning much, providing more evidence that it is unlikely to have a jet.
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