Milky Way Galaxy

Planet-forming disk spotted around star in another galaxy for the first time

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In a first, a newborn star’s spinning disk is seen in another galaxy

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By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Our sun and other stars form when a dense clump of interstellar gas and ...

These small galaxies were shredded by their larger siblings — but they survived

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While galaxies appear to be lonely wanderers in the vast universe, many in fact huddle closely in clusters, held together ...

James Webb Space Telescope could soon solve mysteries of the Milky Way’s heart

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Ever since astronomers first laid their eyes on the sparkling spiral arms of our home galaxy, the Milky Way, they ...