Single cloud of dust and gas bigger than the Milky Way is in a ‘no man’s land’ for galaxies 

Single cloud of gas that is BIGGER than the Milky Way and has 10 billion times the mass of the sun has been discovered in a ‘no man’s land’ for galaxies An isolated cloud larger than the Milky Way has been discovered in deep space  The gas cloud has a mass of 10 billion suns … Read more

Milky Way formed slowly and quietly and NOT as a result of a violent collision

The Milky Way formed slowly and quietly over billions of years, rather than through a violent collision with another galaxy as previously assumed, astronomers claim. Creating a detailed cross-section of a galaxy ‘broadly similar’ to our own gave astronomers from Australia’s ARC Centre of Excellence and the University of Sydney more insight into the Milky … Read more

The mystery at heart of Milky Way: Astronomers stewing after years over clouds at centre of galaxy

The mystery at heart of Milky Way: Astronomers still stewing after 70 years over mushroom clouds at centre of galaxy… so were they caused by exploding stars or a black hole swallowing a gas cloud? The bizarre cloud were first spotted in the 1950s and called the North Polar Spur Experts put forward several ideas … Read more

Milky Way may be full of dead aliens who were ‘annihilated’ by their own science and technologies

The Milky Way may be full of dead aliens who were ‘annihilated’ by their own science and technologies, study suggests A new study finds aliens have emerged eight billion years before the Milky Way  Researchers suggest the reason we have not made contact is most are dead The team looked at the theory that the … Read more

UK astronomers unveil most detailed map of the Milky Way ever made

Astronomers from the UK have created a new map of the Milky Way made up of nearly two billion stars using data gathered by the European Space Agency (ESA) Gaia space observatory. University of Cambridge experts led the creation of the cosmic atlas of two billion stars, that they believe could shed light on how … Read more

Milky Way ‘fossil galaxy’ absorbed as star cluster 10 BN years ago

‘Fossil galaxy’ discovered deep within the Milky Way is the remnant of a star cluster that collided with our own 10 BILLION years ago and was absorbed into its ‘halo’, astronomers claim Experts analysed the composition and motion of tens of thousands of stars This allowed them to identify the hidden remnant of the galactic collision The … Read more

Space: ‘Fossil galaxy’ was absorbed into the halo of the Milky Way 10 BILLION years ago

‘Fossil galaxy’ discovered deep within the Milky Way is the remnant of a star cluster that collided with our own 10 BILLION years ago and was absorbed into its ‘halo’, astronomers claim Experts analysed the composition and motion of tens of thousands of stars This allowed them to identify the hidden remnant of the galactic collision The … Read more

First fast radio burst to be discovered in the Milky Way is now repeating

The first radio burst discovered in the Milky Way is now repeating as it travels from a magnetar – a neutron star with a strong magnetic field – 32,616 light-years away. The initial flash of energy was first detected in April and scientist have identified two more, confirming fast radio bursts ‘are emitted by magnetars … Read more

Milky Way holds at least 300 MILLION habitable planets, NASA claims

There are around 300 million planets that exist outside our Solar System but within the Milky Way which could potentially harbour life, according to NASA. Four of them are within just 30 light-years from Earth, with the closest just 20 light-years away, the space agency states.  Researchers arrived at the 300 million figure based on … Read more

Newest NASA telescope will detect ‘rogue’ planets that could outnumber stars in the Milky Way

NASA speculates there are hundreds of rogue planets hiding all across the galaxy and may actually outnumber the hundreds of billions of stars. These free-floating orbs travel around space unattached to a larger star and an orbital telescope set to launch in 2025 aims to uncover their existence.  According to researchers, the $4 billion Nancy … Read more