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The Milky Way may be spawning many more stars than
Feb 23, 2023 · The Milky Way is churning out far more stars than previously thought, according to a new estimate of its star formation rate. Gamma rays from aluminum-26, a radioactive isotope …
Yes, there really is a black hole on the loose in Sagittarius
Apr 17, 2025 · Ken Croswell has a Ph.D. in astronomy from Harvard University and is the author of eight books, including The Alchemy of the Heavens: Searching for Meaning in the Milky …
A distant quasar may be zapping all galaxies around itself
Aug 16, 2024 · Star formation has ceased within at least 16 million light-years of the quasar. A similar phenomenon may have fried the Milky Way when it was young.
Citizen scientists make cosmic discoveries with a global telescope …
Mar 4, 2025 · Citizen scientists make cosmic discoveries with a global telescope network The network has identified asteroids and exoplanets, and even observed major space missions
The Milky Way's black hole is constantly bubbling - Science News
Mar 5, 2025 · The disc of plasma surrounding the black hole at the heart of the Milky Way is constantly emitting flares both large and small.
Using AI, historians track how astronomy ideas spread in
Oct 30, 2024 · A new AI machine learning technique helped historians analyze 76,000 pages from astronomy textbooks spanning nearly two centuries.