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Researchers have detected the most powerful gamma rays ever recorded at the center of the Milky Way, confirming the presence of a PeVatron, a cosmic accelerator that produces some of…

In a groundbreaking discovery, astronomers have detected a massive swarm of black holes moving through our Milky Way galaxy. This extraordinary finding sheds new light on the formation and evolution…

Astronomers have discovered the oldest stellar disk in the Milky Way, named PanGu, which formed more than 13 billion years ago. This ancient structure reveals that the Milky Way’s growth…

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured a stunning image of Westerlund 1, the largest remaining super star cluster in the Milky Way, revealing a dense collection of massive…

A newly discovered galaxy, REBELS-25, has stunned astronomers by displaying a smooth, rotating disk structure similar to our own Milky Way, despite forming just 700 million years after the Big…

Astronomers have created the most detailed infrared map of the Milky Way to date, revealing over 1.5 billion objects hidden within the galaxy. Compiled using the VISTA telescope over 13…

Researchers have discovered a magnetic halo around the Milky Way, revealing large-scale magnetized structures extending over 16,000 light-years above and below the galaxy's plane. These structures are linked to powerful…

Astronomers have discovered a swarm of over 100 stellar-mass black holes within the star cluster Palomar 5, located 80,000 light-years from Earth. This unique globular cluster, with its 30,000-light-year-long tidal…

New research indicates that Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way, likely formed through the merger of two black holes. The study, published in...

An international team of astronomers has made a groundbreaking discovery using the MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa. The team identified a faint, ring-like structure emitting radio waves, located near...

For decades, astronomers have warned that the Milky Way galaxy and the neighboring Andromeda galaxy are on a collision course, an event predicted to take place in about 5 billion...

A rapidly spinning neutron star, known as a pulsar, has been discovered by an intern at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), Amaris McCarver, along with a team of astronomers....

July 2024 offers a spectacular array of celestial events for stargazers, from the breathtaking sight of the Milky Way to a rare occultation of the star Spica by the moon....

An ancient star, named CWISE J124909+362116.0 (J1249+36), has been observed moving through space at an astonishing speed of nearly 600 km/second (1.3 million mph). This velocity not only surpasses the...

Researchers from Michigan State University (MSU) have made groundbreaking discoveries about the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way, known as Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*). Utilizing a...

In an extraordinary scientific breakthrough, astronomers have discovered magnetic stars beyond the Milky Way for the first time. These stars, located in the Magellanic Clouds, have provided new insights into...

MIT researchers have identified three of the universe's oldest stars, located within the Milky Way's halo. These ancient stars, formed between 12 and 13 billion years ago, offer insights into...

For decades, many astronomers around the world have struggled to determine large-scale magnetic field features in the Milky Way. In a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal on May 10,...

NASA's Chandra X-ray space telescope has allowed scientists to identify a new cosmic “exhaust vent” that is directing hot gas away from Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), the supermassive black hole...

Posted on Nov 22, 2022 in Alien Life, Artificial Intelligence, Astrobiology, Astronomy, Astrophysics, Consciousness, Cosmology, Extraterrestrial Life, Hubble Space Telescope, James Webb Space Telescope, James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), Milky...

Posted on Nov 9, 2022 in Astrobiology, Astronomy, Science, Space News Today’s stories include Particles may emerge out of empty space to Research hub wants to prepare humanity for potential...

Posted on Sep 30, 2022 in Science, Science News, Space News Today’s stories include The last planet you’d want to live on to Stunning new Europa pictures beamed home by...

Posted on Aug 6, 2022 in Astrobiology, Astronomy, Astrophysics, Dark Matter, Extraterrestrial Life, Fermi Paradox, Hubble Space Telescope, James Webb Space Telescope, Milky Way Galaxy, Multiverse, Science, Space News, Universe...

Posted on Jun 5, 2022 in Astronomy, Dwarf Galaxies, Galaxies “We have found a giant, exceptional relic of a disrupted galaxy,” says observational astronomer  Noah Brosch at The Florence and...

Posted on Jun 29, 2022 in Astrobiology, Astronomy, Astrophysics, Cosmology, Extraterrestrial Life, Future, James Webb Space Telescope, NASA, Science News, Technology, Universe Today’s stories range from We May Have to...

Astronomers responsible for producing the first-ever image of a black hole in 2019 are about to make an announcement about something at the center of The Milky Way on May...

Posted on May 15, 2022 in Alien Life, Astrobiology, Astronomy, Astrophysics, Black Holes, Cosmology, Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), Exoplanets, Extraterrestrial Life, James Webb Space Telescope, Multiverse, Science, Science News, Technology,...

Posted on May 14, 2022 in Astronomy, Astrophysics, Black Holes, Science Several of the world’s leading astronomers and scientists emailed their thoughts to The Daily Galaxy on the significance of...

“The R-Process Alliance aims to answer the big, unanswered questions related to decoding the mysteries of the oldest stars in the Milky Way–by bringing together an interdisciplinary group of observers,...

Posted on May 16, 2022 in Astrobiology, Climate Change, Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), Extraterrestrial Life, Future, Origin of Life, Planet Earth, Science, Science News, Standard Model of Physics, Technology Today’s...

Posted on May 19, 2022 in Astrobiology, Astronomy, Astrophysics, Cosmology, Extraterrestrial Life, Physics, quantum physics, Science, Science News, Space News, Technology, Universe Today’s stories range from What could we realistically...

Posted on May 9, 2022 in Alien Life, Artificial Intelligence, Astrobiology, Astronomy, Cosmology, Cosmos, Dark Energy, Extraterrestrial Life, Milky Way Galaxy, Multiverse, Origin of Life, Science, Science News, Space, Technology,...

Posted on May 12, 2022 in Astronomy, Black Holes, Milky Way Galaxy Breaking news: as we predicted, astronomers captured the first image of Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), the black hole...

Astronomers have known since the 1990s that planets exist around pulsars. It’s a reasonable hypothesis that planets might also exist around black holes, which have a weaker impact on their...

“The Galaxy Report” brings you news of space and science that has the capacity to provide clues to the mystery of our existence and adds a much needed cosmic perspective...

Recent studies show that wandering, nomadic black holes smaller than 10 billion solar masses greatly outnumber the central supermassive black holes in the universe at large, which would make for...

“The Galaxy Report” brings you news of space and science that has the capacity to provide clues to the mystery of our existence and adds a much needed cosmic perspective...

“The Galaxy Report” brings you news of space and science that has the capacity to provide clues to the mystery of our existence and adds a much needed cosmic perspective...

Posted on Feb 8, 2022 in Astronomy, Magnetic Fields, Milky Way Galaxy The opening episode of star formation in the Milky Way occurs in long, dense filaments of gas and...

“The Galaxy Report” brings you news of space and science that has the capacity to provide clues to the mystery of our existence and adds a much needed cosmic perspective...

Posted on Feb 24, 2022 in Science A stunning new simulation reproduces iconic structures within our Local Universe, such as the Virgo, Coma and Perseus clusters of galaxies, the ‘Great...

“Dark matter holds the key to understanding the universe,” says astrophysicist Paul Davies. The mysterious dark matter particles compose 80% of the matter in the Universe, and they have been...

“Finding old stars could also lead to the discovery of new planets. Maybe we can find some ancient civilizations around these old stars,” suggested astrophysicist, Wei-Chun Jao, research scientist at...

Posted on Feb 9, 2022 in Astronomy, Astrophysics, Milky Way Galaxy, Stars Astronomers have found an explanation for the strange occurrence of massive stars located far from their birthplace in...

“The Galaxy Report” brings you news of space and science that has the capacity to provide clues to the mystery of our existence and adds a much needed cosmic perspective...

Posted on Jan 6, 2022 in Astronomy, Science, Stars “The discovery of this exceptional globular cluster remnant will help refine models of the formation of the first stellar structures of...

Posted on Dec 7, 2022 in Astronomy, Milky Way Galaxy, Science Traveling near the speed of light: an unprecedented new radio-telescope telescope image of the Milky Way Galaxy’s turbulent center...

Posted on Jan 14, 2022 in Astrobiology, Astronomy, Astrophysics, Dark Energy, Dark Matter, Early Universe, Exoplanets, Extraterrestrial Life, James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), Science, Solar System, Universe Our Universe provided...

Maxwell Moe, astrophysicist, NASA Einstein Fellow, University of Arizona via Jackie Faherty and ESO Imagine a galaxy filled with roaming, dark, lifeless island worlds – rogue, free-floating planets (FFPs) without...

In 2019 the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz for pioneering a new field in astronomy with the discovery of the first planet beyond...