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The Sloan Digital Sky Survey V (SDSS-V) has announced its 20th public data release (DR20), delivering a dramatic expansion of ...

During the whole of August 2026, the night skies over the Arab world are offering a unique opportunity for residents to ...

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Durham University researchers find cataclysmic direct hit with Gaia Sausage sent Milky Way into its current position ...

Chinese astronomers have discovered that the Milky Way is not a simple, smoothly warped disk, but contains widespread "wrinkle-like" structures resembling ripples on a water surface, providing new ...

A description of the Milky Way and its components, including stars, dust, gas and the mysterious ‘dark matter’.

Understanding the formation and evolution of the centers of galaxies is one of the most intriguing challenges in astrophysics ...

A long-term survey of small, “satellite” galaxies that orbit larger galaxies across the universe offers new insights into our own galaxy, the Milky Way. Since 2012, the Satellites Around Galactic ...

We are not alone—at least as a galaxy. About 50 dwarf galaxies surround the Milky Way. But when its intense gravity inevitably draws them to venture too close, they will probably be annihilated. It’s ...