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These interstellar dust clouds are labelled as LDN 234 and LDN 204. Both were listed in the 1962 Lynds Catalogue of Dark Nebulae.
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Astronomers captured a stunning view of spiral galaxy NGC 7497 entangled in dusty clouds of the Milky Way, with faint galactic cirrus and MBM 54 reflecting starlight nearly a thousand light-years away.
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Normally, each season only sees three new moons. But the lunar cycle does not align perfectly with the calendar. Occasionally, an extra new moon appears, and the third is called a Black Moon.
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The black hole sits five billion light-years from Earth. It lies at the centre of a giant galaxy in the Cosmic Horseshoe system.
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This globular cluster lies inside the Large Magellanic Cloud. It’s a small satellite galaxy orbiting our Milky Way. NGC 1786 itself rests in the southern constellation Dorado.
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The Andromeda galaxy, about 2.5 million light-years away, moves fast. At 110 kilometres per second, it heads towards our Milky Way.
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Even in our own solar system, distances seem infinite. Think of driving continuously at highway speed to Pluto. It would take about 6,000 years—more than recorded history.
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The LMC can be seen as a fuzzy patch in the southern sky. It's the Milky Way's largest satellite galaxy.
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Many never witness this wonder. About one-third of people, including 80% of Americans, can’t see the Milky Way at all. The culprit is light pollution.
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In Chile's Atacama Desert, a new wonder is slowly emerging — the European Southern Observatory's Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), to become the world's largest eye on the universe.
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This rare stellar remnant is known as a magnetar. It's a type of neutron star, which is formed when a large star dies and collapses into a small, ultra-dense core.
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Astronomers have spotted the farthest spiral galaxy ever seen. Its light has travelled 12.8 billion years to reach Earth.
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A quiet neighbour of the Milky Way, the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), appears to be falling apart. And scientists say they didn’t see it coming.
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The star ZTF SLRN-2020 was believed by astronomers to have swollen up and engulfed a planet. Recent studies, however, suggest otherwise.
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NASA astronaut Don Pettit captures a breathtaking image of the Milky Way from the International Space Station, offering a rare view of our galaxy from orbit, amidst ongoing scientific research and experimentation.
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New research suggests the Oort cloud, a shell of icy objects at the edge of our solar system, may feature spiral arms similar to the Milky Way, revealing a complex cosmic structure beyond Pluto.
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Astronomers detect signs of a massive, invisible black hole in the Large Magellanic Cloud, which may collide with the Milky Way.
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Explore the breathtaking beauty of the Milky Way through stunning images captured by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, revealing star clusters, nebulae, and cosmic wonders.
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The European Space Agency's Gaia spacecraft concludes its 12-year mission to map the Milky Way, leaving behind a legacy of unprecedented data and discoveries.
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Astronomers discover a binary star system orbiting Sagittarius A*, shedding light on the mysteries of hypervelocity stars and the Milky Way's supermassive black hole.
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Astronomers discover the first known black hole triple system, V404 Cygni, challenging traditional supernova-driven black hole formation theories.
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Astrophysicists have uncovered a possible swarm of over 100 stellar-mass black holes hidden within a stellar cluster known as Palomar 5.
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The Andromeda Galaxy, our Milky Way’s closest neighbour, lies about 2.5 million light-years away. Spanning roughly 152,000 light-years in diameter, Andromeda is nearly as massive as the Milky Way.
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This technological advancement not only sharpens existing black hole images by 50 per cent but also introduces the capability to observe the regions surrounding black holes in multiple colours.
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This enigmatic object, now named CWISE J1249, has captured the attention of both amateur astronomers and experts alike due to its unprecedented velocity and intriguing characteristics.
