Our Solar System is in motion and cruises at about 200 kilometres per second relative to the center of the Milky Way.
The Messier catalog, popular with amateur astronomers, was actually just a by-product of comet hunting. The aim was to avoid ...
Terzian gave me a copy of his Optical Atlas of Galactic Supernova Remnants and ... a reverse shock wave propagating from the outer edge of the nebula back toward the central star, sublimating ...
The Tarantula Nebula is one of the most luminous and active star-forming regions in our galactic backyard. The rich reservoirs of dust and gas within the Tarantula Nebula provide the material ...
Look for the Orion constellation and the Orion Nebula (Messier 42) -- our solar system came from that direction!" The increased dust from this galactic encounter could have had several effects.
The West End is having an intergalactic takeover with telescopes dotted around the central London area while Piccadilly ...
Millions of years ago, our Solar System traveled through a densely populated galactic region and was exposed to increased interstellar dust.
In 2015, the Hubble Space Telescope captured a breathtaking image of Westerlund 2, showcasing its dense stars and stunning nebula ... for astronomers examining galactic evolution.
According to the researchers, despite the vast differences in energy and scale—ranging from slow gas outflows in planetary nebulae to relativistic jets in active galactic nuclei—outflow ...
Am astrophotographer has now unveiled the most breathtaking photo of the Andromeda galaxy we've ever seen, and he took it ...