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Astronomers have released a new map of the outermost region of our galaxy. Known as a galactic halo, this area lies outside the swirling spiral arms that make up the Milky Way’s recognizable central disk, and is sparsely populated with stars. Though the halo may appear mostly empty, scientists predict it contains a massive reservoir of dark matter, an invisible material thought to make up the bulk of all mass in the universe. The new map, which appears as part of a paper in Nature, reveals h...

Astrophysicists Help Chart Dark Matters Invisible Ocean A wake of stars, created by a small galaxy set to collide with the Milky Way, is the highlight of a new map of the Milky Ways outer reaches. The observations confirm predictions made by a group of UArizona astronomers whose computer simulations test theories explaining the mysterious nature of dark matter. By Daniel Stolte, University Communications April 21, 2021 Images of the Milky Way and the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) ar...

GO NZ: The best places to go stargazing in New Zealand 27 Apr, 2021 04:00 AM 8 minutes to read Stargazing at Castlepoint, in the Wairarapa. The region is on track to become the largest Dark Sky Reserve in New Zealand. Photo / Daniel Rood, Supplied. Stargazing at Castlepoint, in the Wairarapa. The region is on track to become the largest Dark Sky Reserve in New Zealand. Photo / Daniel Rood, Supplied. "For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream." �...

UArizona Astrophysicists Help Chart Dark Matters Invisible Ocean A wake of stars, created by a small galaxy set to collide with the Milky Way, is the highlight of a new map of the Milky Ways outer reaches. The observations confirm predictions made by a group of UArizona astronomers whose computer simulations test theories explaining the mysterious nature of dark matter. By Daniel Stolte, University Communications Today Images of the Milky Way and the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) ar...

From the smallest microbe to the mightiest oak, death is as true for above as it is for below, even for the mightiest galaxies.

A watercolour sky The Atacama Desert in Chile is one of the darkest and most peaceful astronomical sites on Earth — and has, as a result, proven to be the perfect location for ESO’s various observatories and powerful instruments.  This view shows ESO’s Paranal Observatory, home to the behemoth Very Large Telescope (VLT). The constituent telescopes of the VLT can be seen standing sentinel beneath a star-studded sky featuring the glittering arch of our Galaxy, and the glowing Magellanic Cl...

 E-Mail IMAGE: Gaia-Sausage structure detected by the Gaia satellite in velocity space. (Credit: V. Belokurov et al. 2018, MNRAS, 478, 611). view more  Credit: @Science China Press Note: The dwarf galaxy corresponding to the Gaia-Sausage structure of the Milky Way was named Enceladus by astronomers, after one of the hundred-handed giants in Greek mythology who opposed the rule of Zeus. Looking up at the starry sky, the deep Universe appears quiet and mysterious. It is hard to imagine ...

Date Time Shape of Star Explosions When massive stars end their lives in fiery explosions called supernovae, their ashes fly outward to form expanding clouds of debris. While these clouds may look roughly spherical, astronomers think that star explosions are in fact lopsided events in which different amounts of material shoot outward in different directions. Now, astronomers have a new tool to better understand the asymmetrical shapes of supernova explosions, and thus how stars explode in the f...

Pictures from space! Our image of the day Space 16/02/2021 Space.com Staff © Provided by Space Valentine Island in northern Western Australia is a swirling mix of blues and reddish browns, as seen from space by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission. The mission, which is made up of two satellites, imaged the tiny island for Valentines Day. Valentine Island is just about 1 mile (1.60 kilometers) long and 0.15 miles (250 meters) wide and can be found in the King Sound, a large gu...

Pictures from space! Our image of the day Space 2/5/2021 Space.com Staff © Provided by Space The European Space Agencys Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission snapped this chilly photo of New York City on Feb. 4, 2021 showing the city blanketed in snow. This recent snow storm was classified as "major" and affected a majority of the Northeast United States, with New York declaring a state of emergency for both the immense snowfall and blistering winds. Copernicus Sentinel-2 is an Ear...