by admin | Jun 16, 2025 | Galaxy, Milky Way, News, space, Space News, The Conversation
For years, astronomers have predicted a dramatic fate for our galaxy: a head-on collision with Andromeda, our nearest large galactic neighbour. This merger – expected in about 5 billion years – has become a staple of astronomy documentaries, textbooks and popular... by admin | Jan 27, 2025 | Earth, Galaxy, Milky Way, News, space, Space News, The Conversation
A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known universe. At a meeting of the American Astronomical Society in January 1925, a paper read by one of his colleagues on his behalf reported that the Andromeda nebula, also called... by admin | Nov 25, 2024 | Galaxy, Milky Way, News, Science, space, Space News, The Conversation
On Sunday, November 23 1924, 100 years ago this month, readers perusing page six of the New York Times would have found an intriguing article, amid several large adverts for fur coats. The headline read: Finds Spiral Nebulae are Stellar Systems: “Dr Hubbell Confirms... by Speedinet | Mar 24, 2024 | Khyati Malhan, Max Planck Institute, Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Milky Way, News, Science, Sections, Shakti, Shiva
Astronomers have identified two ancient streams of stars that appear to be among the Milky Way’s earliest building blocks.