This unique region, photographed in detail for the first time, features clouds of cosmic gas and dust with a density orders ...

This map is part of ACES — the ALMA CMZ Exploration Survey — a project designed to understand how gas condenses into stars in ...

For decades, astronomers wondered why most nearby galaxies are speeding away from the Milky Way instead of being pulled in by ...

Astronomers produced the most complete map of the center of the Milky Way, which can provide insight into how stars and ...

A sweeping new ALMA image has peeled back the veil on the Milky Way’s core, exposing a dense network of cold gas filaments ...

Our solar system is just a tiny island within a vast galactic sea. This journey moves outward to explore the structure of the Milky Way, from its spiral arms to its mysterious core. Discover how our ...

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Learn more about the incredibly detailed image of the Milky Way and what researchers can learn from it.

A groundbreaking study published in Nature Astronomyreveals an unprecedented look at the turbulent magnetic forces shaping our Milky Way galaxy. Using advanced simulations, researchers have for the ...

Astronomers have captured the central region of our Milky Way in a striking new image, unveiling a complex network of filaments of cosmic gas in unprecedented detail. Obtained with the Atacama Large ...

For the first time, the Tibet ASγ Experiment has successfully measured magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence on scales below one parsec (approximately 3.3 light-years) within the gamma-ray halo ...

The film, offered at the Rose Center for Earth and Science at the American Museum of Natural History, offers viewers “encounters in the Milky Way,” the museum’s first to focus on this cosmic motion.