Tag: Milky
Dark matter around the Milky Way betrayed by star currents
The stellar currents that surround the Milky Way reveal a story in which it literally devoured a few of its fellow travelers. But they also deliver precious clues about the…
Milky Way: Gaia would have revealed fossil spiral arms!
Astronomers continue to analyze data collected by the Gaia astrometric mission concerning nearly two billion stars in the Milky Way. They revealed curious structures that could be the fossil remains…
Supermassive black hole is believed to be hiding in dwarf galaxy near Milky Way
This is unheard of and questions the growth models of galaxies and supermassive black holes. The dwarf galaxy Leo I orbiting the Milky Way would contain at its center a…
There would be a supermassive black hole in a dwarf satellite galaxy of the Milky Way
This is unheard of and questions the growth models of galaxies and supermassive black holes. The dwarf galaxy Leo I orbiting the Milky Way would contain at its center a…
Dwarf galaxies around the Milky Way shine a light on its complex past
On the sidelines of the Gaia mission, American researchers found, by studying the dwarf galaxies orbiting the Milky Way, that the majority of these galaxies had only recently arrived in…
Cosmic barrier prevents cosmic radiation from reaching the center of the Milky Way
According to a study published in Nature on November 9, the galactic center of the Milky Way would be impermeable to cosmic radiation. A team of researchers based in China…