A new study suggests that the comet that rambled past us from another star last year likely originated in a cold, isolated ...
The Milky Way does not come with a clean outer line. Its disc does not stop the way a coastline does. It fades, becoming ...
Scientists have identified the precise edge of the Milky Way's star-forming disc by studying the ages of over 1,00,000 stars.
Astronomers have identified the outer boundary of the star-forming region in the Milky Way. By analysing the ages of stars ...
How far the Milky Way's disc extends has long been difficult to define — it doesn't end sharply, but fades away gradually at its outer edges. Now, for the first time, an international team of ...
How far the Milky Way's disc extends has long been difficult to define — it doesn't end sharply, but fades away gradually at its outer edges. Now, for ...
A nearby galaxy long treated as a stable cosmic reference is revealing a far more dynamic and turbulent history.
Our physicists have created a new movie taking us back nine billion years in time to understand the formation of our Milky ...
Our physicists have created a new movie taking us back nine billion years in time to understand the formation of our Milky ...
Students discovered an ultra-ancient star with almost no heavy elements, making it one of the most pristine ever found.
Spotted 80,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud, SDSS J0715-7334 is the oldest star ever observed, containing ...
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