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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
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.
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.