Scientists using the ALMA telescope have created the most-detailed-ever map of the Milky Way's chaotic center. The ...

A sweeping new ALMA image has peeled back the veil on the Milky Way’s core, exposing a dense network of cold gas filaments ...

Deep inside the Milky Way, an invisible force is quietly holding everything together — its magnetic field. Now, researchers have created one of the most detailed maps ever of this hidden structure, ...

New ALMA observations reveal a complex network of gas filaments in the Milky Way’s central 650 light-years, enabling detailed ...

Astronomers produced the most complete map of the center of the Milky Way, which can provide insight into how stars and planets are formed.

Years ago, astronomers started working on a comprehensive map of the Milky Way by observing it from the European Southern Observatory, an intergovernmental research organization located in Chile. The ...

Gas streams gush into the Milky Way 's center and pile up into thick clouds, but for some reason, those ingredients don't ...

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“We made so many discoveries, we have changed the view of our galaxy forever,” Dante Minniti, VISTA Variables in the Vía Láctea (VVV) survey project lead and an astrophysicist at Chile’s Universidad ...

They slip through your skin, your walls, and the whole Earth without leaving a mark. Neutrinos earn the nickname “ghost particles” because they almost never interact with anything. Yet those rare ...

Astronomers have successfully mapped the cold gas at the Milky Way's center, offering unprecedented insight into our solar system's origins.

Summer in the Northern Hemisphere is a frustrating time for many amateur astronomers. The nights never get dark enough to easily see the faint, fuzzy galaxies and nebulae they enjoy looking at through ...