Milky Way galaxy

Nasa’s throwback picture shows ‘planet-making process’ in Milky Way Galaxy

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Nasa’s throwback picture shows ‘planet-making process’ in Milky Way Galaxy

Nasa’s Hubble Space Telescope shared an interesting throwback picture last Thursday, showing “planet-making process” in our Milky Way Galaxy. The picture reflected Hubble Telescope’s observations, which unveiled massive disks of dust—crucial for planet formation—surrounding at least half of the stars in the Orion Nebula. This star-forming region is about 1,500 light-years from Earth.30 years ago, … Read more

Astronomers find biggest stellar black hole in Milky Way galaxy ‘by chance’

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Astronomers find biggest stellar black hole in Milky Way galaxy ‘by chance’

Astronomers at the European Space Agency (ESA) have identified the biggest stellar black hole, named Gaia BH3, discovered in the Milky Way, with a mass 33 times that of the Sun. This black hole was detected “by chance” during data collection from ESA’s Gaia mission and it imposes an odd ‘wobbling’ motion on the companion … Read more

Astronomers surprised to find planet ‘too massive for its star’

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Astronomers surprised to find planet ‘too massive for its star’

WASHINGTON: Our Milky Way galaxy‘s most common type of star is called a red dwarf – much smaller and less luminous than our sun. These stars – or so it was thought – simply are not big enough to host planets much larger than Earth. But the discovery of a planet at least 13 times … Read more