Understanding the formation and evolution of the centers of galaxies is one of the most intriguing challenges in astrophysics ...
A new Milky Way-like galaxy simulation has revealed that nuclear star clusters and nuclear stellar disks can form together ...
Using an advanced galaxy simulation, a Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP)-led research team gained new insights ...
A high-resolution galaxy simulation shows nuclear star clusters and stellar discs grow together, fed by gas driven inward by ...
At the heart of our galaxy lies a cosmic puzzle: although the Galactic Center is packed with star-making material, massive stars form there surprisingly slowly. Using NASA's retired SOFIA observatory, ...
A new simulation conducted on the world's most powerful supercomputer dedicated to astronomy has produced a testable scenario to explain the appearance of the bar of the Milky Way. Comparing this ...
Chinese astronomers report the discovery of DESI-HVS1, which may be an old metal-poor hypervelocity star of galactic center origin. The finding, based on the data from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic ...
A 360-degree movie immerses viewers into a simulation of the center of our Galaxy. This visualization was enabled by data from Chandra and other telescopes and allows viewers to control their own ...