White dwarfs — the superdense, slowly cooling embers left behind when stars like our sun die — are usually quiet cosmic relics. A rare few, however, are anything but. In recent years, astronomers analyzing data from the European Space Agency’s Gaia spacecraft identified a handful of white dwarfs hurtling through the Milky Way at breakneck speeds of up to 1,240 …
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It’s not often that a publisher pitches a comic by asking, “What if George Lucas and Quentin Tarantino f@#&ed and had a baby?” That’s one reason we’ve got our eye on Galactic, a new sci-fi series from DSTLRY that’s billed as being a perfect fit for fans of both Star Wars and adults-only indie comics like Saga and Sex Criminals. …
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New observations of a pair of colliding spiral galaxies hint at what might be in store for the Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxy if and when they collide. The findings, described in July in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, may also help to solve a puzzle plaguing the standard model of cosmology. The two colliding …
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IN A NUTSHELL 🌌 Scientists have discovered the Midpoint Cloud, a massive structure within the Milky Way spanning 650 trillion miles. 🔭 The Green Bank Telescope played a crucial role in identifying this Giant Molecular Cloud, highlighting advanced telescopic technologies. 💫 The Midpoint Cloud contains dense gas clumps and masers, indicating active star formation processes. 🚀 This discovery offers new …
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Galactic Horror Unleashed: The Star-Devouring Phenomenon That’s Splitting the Scientific Community and Defying Every Known Law Rude Baguette Source link
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The Seahorse Nebula (left) was captured alongside the Fireworks Galaxy and the ‘Ghost Bush’ open star cluster (right). (Image credit: Greg Meyer) Astrophotographer Greg Meyer has captured a spectacular image of the Fireworks Galaxy (NGC 6946) shining close to the dark shape of the Seahorse Nebula. The majestic spiral arms of the Fireworks Galaxy can be found to the lower …
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That prompted three astrophysicists (Isabelle John, Rebecca Leane, and Tim Linden) to try to look at things in an organized fashion, modeling a “dark main sequence” of stars as they might exist within a close proximity to the Milky Way’s center. The intense gravity and radiation found near the galaxy’s core mean that stars can’t form there. So, anything that’s …
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