The "edge" can be defined as the star-forming region, and in their paper, published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, they very ...

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Scientists have uncovered the true boundary of the Milky Way’s star-forming region using stellar “age mapping.” They found a ...

A string of small gas clouds near the Milky Way’s central black hole has puzzled astronomers for years. Now, new observations ...

Scientists map frozen water across the Milky Way, revealing vast “interstellar glaciers” that may help seed new planets and ...

The Milky Way is our home galaxy with a disc of stars that spans more than 100,000 light-years. While the Milky Way is generally always visible from Earth, certain times of year are better for ...

You've almost certainly seen photos of the Milky Way, usually taken by photographers who travel way out into the middle of nowhere to get them. They're cosmically beautiful, colorful and timeless. Now ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. This illustration shows a stage in the predicted merger ...

Astronomers have precisely located the Milky Way’s star-forming boundary, identifying a sharp drop in new star creation about 35,000 to 40,000 light-years from the galactic center. Using stellar age ...

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Ultra-faint dwarf galaxies—tiny satellite galaxies orbiting the Milky Way—have long been seen as cosmic fossils. Now, a new ...