Astronomers discover river of hydrogen flowing through space

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 11:24

Astronomers have discovered a river of hydrogen flowing through space and into a nearby galaxy.

Scientists reconstruct evolutionary history of Milky Way galaxy

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 21, 2014, 11:49

A team of researchers have found a way to reconstruct the evolutionary history of our galaxy, the Milky Way, to a new level of detail.

Fast & furious! These stars escaping our galaxy

Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014, 18:07

Astronomers have discovered a new class of `hypervelocity stars` - solitary stars moving fast enough to escape the gravitational grasp of the Milky Way galaxy.

How normal galaxy in early universe actually looked like

Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014, 13:26

An astronomer from University of Hawaii at Manoa has obtained the first image that shows the structure of a normal galaxy in the early universe.

NASA`s Swift clicks images of X-ray action at Milky Way`s core

Last Updated: Thursday, January 9, 2014, 11:33

Recent observations by NASA`s Swift spacecraft have provided scientists a unique glimpse into the activity at the center of Milky Way galaxy and led to the discovery of a rare celestial entity which may help them test predictions of Albert Einstein`s theory of general relativity.

Gas cloud set to collide with supermassive black hole at Milky Way`s core

Last Updated: Thursday, January 9, 2014, 11:29

Astronomers have discovered that a mysterious gas cloud about three times the mass of Earth is spiraling towards the supermassive black hole at the Milky Way`s core.

ESA`s billion star-hunter telescope enters orbit

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 8, 2014, 18:26

Europe`s billion-star hunting telescope has successfully entered its operational orbit to gather data for the most accurate 3D map yet of our Milky Way galaxy, the European Space Agency (ESA) said.

Gaia satellite launched to map billions of stars in the Milky Way

Last Updated: Friday, December 20, 2013, 09:38

European Space Agency on Thursday launched its Gaia mission which will provide a three-dimensional picture of the Milky Way galaxy, measuring appropriate positions and distances of more than a billion stars.

Gaia satellite set for launch to map billions of stars in the Milky Way

Last Updated: Thursday, December 19, 2013, 12:12

European Space Agency on Thursday will launch its Gaia mission which will provide a three-dimensional picture of our galaxy, measuring appropriate positions and distances of more than a billion stars.

Milky Way has four spiral arms: Study

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 18, 2013, 12:36

Researchers have said that a 12-year-old study of massive stars has reaffirmed that Milky Way has four spiral arms.

Early universe was less dusty than believed

Last Updated: Monday, December 9, 2013, 18:10

Dust may be more rare - even 100 times less - than expected in galaxies of the early Universe, a new study has found.

`Young` Milky Way star shone 100 times brighter while growing up

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 4, 2013, 22:15

Researchers have shown that a young, newly formed star in the Milky Way - formed within the past 100,000 years- underwent such an explosive growth, that it was initially about 100 times brighter than it is now.