Scientists using the ALMA telescope have created the most-detailed-ever map of the Milky Way's chaotic center. The ...

Astronomers produced the most complete map of the center of the Milky Way, which can provide insight into how stars and planets are formed.

A sweeping new ALMA image has peeled back the veil on the Milky Way’s core, exposing a dense network of cold gas filaments ...

Years ago, astronomers started working on a comprehensive map of the Milky Way by observing it from the European Southern Observatory, an intergovernmental research organization located in Chile. The ...

Gas streams gush into the Milky Way 's center and pile up into thick clouds, but for some reason, those ingredients don't ...

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Astronomers said in a statement that the enormous concentration of galaxies had long remained largely hidden behind dense ...

New ALMA observations reveal a complex network of gas filaments in the Milky Way’s central 650 light-years, enabling detailed studies of star formation in extreme galactic conditions.

Astronomers have successfully mapped the cold gas at the Milky Way's center, offering unprecedented insight into our solar system's origins.

The best map ever made of the Milky Way is now available online. The Apex Telescope in Chile captured light in sub millimeter wavelengths, and then the European Southern Observatory put them together ...

An international research team has found that the Milky Way and its galactic neighbors appear to sit inside a vast, flat concentration of dark matter, a structure stretching roughly 10 megaparsecs and ...

Summer in the Northern Hemisphere is a frustrating time for many amateur astronomers. The nights never get dark enough to easily see the faint, fuzzy galaxies and nebulae they enjoy looking at through ...