Milky Way

Milky Way mystery uncovered? Black matter may be the source of the galaxy’s mysterious glow

New research suggests that dark matter may be the key to uncovering the mysteries of the Milky Way. The scientific team led by Dr. Moorits Muru has opened a new path for space studies worldwide.

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The Milky Way galaxy.
An artist's concept shows the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, known as Sagittarius A*

NASA's Webb telescope observes violence around Milky Way's central black hole

While the events observed around Sgr A* are dramatic, this black hole is not as active as some at the center of other galaxies.

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Sagittarius A*, located about 26,000 light-years from Earth, is approximately four million times more massive than the Sun. Illustration: Catmando.

Twin stars orbit Milky Way's supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A*

It was previously thought that the gravitational forces around a black hole were too extreme for such a star system to survive.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY of Jerusalem’s mapping of gravitational ‘basins of attraction.’

Jerusalem scientists help shed light on large-scale cosmic structures

A new study, which included scientists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, uncovers the Milky Way's position within vast cosmic structures.

|ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Astronomers discover 'marshmallow' planet 580 light years away

Astronomers announced that they were able to identify a reddish exoplanet that is similar in density to marshmallows.

DECEMBER 23, 2022ByWALLA!
This artist's impression shows two Earth-sized worlds passing in front of their parent red dwarf star, which is much smaller and cooler than our Sun. The star and its orbiting planets TRAPPIST-1b and TRAPPIST-1c reside 40 light-years away.

Israeli scientist helps discover the universe's first stars - Cambridge study

Astrophysicists managed for the first time to statistically characterize the first galaxies in the universe.

DECEMBER 4, 2022ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
The first full-color image from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, a revolutionary apparatus designed to peer through the cosmos to the dawn of the universe, shows the galaxy cluster SMACS 0723, known as Webb’s First Deep Field, in a composite made from images at different wavelengths.

Webb reveals a galaxy sparkling with the universe’s oldest star clusters

The Milky Way, our galaxy, has about 150 globular clusters. Their history is not yet well understood by astronomers, and measuring their age can be extremely difficult. 

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Webb’s First Deep Field. Thousands of galaxies flood this near-infrared, high-resolution image of galaxy cluster SMACS 0723.

'Strange stars' recorded in Milky Way by ESA's Gaia mission

Gaia's newest data release contains details for nearly 2 billion stars in the Milky Way, with new information.

JUNE 18, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Artistic impression of a material disc with illuminated gas around Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way.

Stars in other galaxies much heavier than our own - study

The discovery that stars in other galaxies having such greater mass on average upends many previous assumptions about the wider universe.

JUNE 3, 2022ByAARON REICH
The Andromeda Galaxy is the nearest large spiral galaxy from the Earth, and contains within itself over a trillion stars.

Astronomers trace movement of some 10,000 galaxies, superclusters

The movement of some 10,000 galaxies and clusters of galaxies was traced throughout a span of 11.5 billion years.

FEBRUARY 7, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The Milky Way Galaxy

The supermassive black hole in our galaxy is unpredictable - study

Sagittarius A* lies in the galactic center of the Milky Way and is a known source of radio waves, gamma rays and X-rays. But its irregular bursts follow no discernible pattern.

JANUARY 12, 2022ByAARON REICH
Artistic impression of a material disc with illuminated gas around Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way.

Astronomers watch for first time as galaxy 'far, far away' dies

The researchers observed the galaxy ejecting almost half of the gas it uses to form stars.

JANUARY 12, 2021BySARAH CHEMLA
The spiral galaxy NGC 4845, located over 65 million light-years away in the constellation of Virgo in NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image

Researchers at TAU discover giant black hole outside Milky Way

The GRAVITY instrument used to measure these large galactic objects is composed of four telescopes that are set at different locations and able to provide images which are projected virtually.

NOVEMBER 30, 2018ByYAFIT OVADIA
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