12 January 2018
Evidence in DES map of small galaxies being eaten by the Milky Way
... of these small neighbouring galaxies ventures too close to our galaxy, it is possible for the gravitational pull of the Milky Way to draw out tendrils of stars from the near-by galaxy, which trail behind it in a stream. Seeing evidence of stars...
03 May 2017
Milky Way dark matter still as elusive as ever
... of all matter, is set to remain mysterious a while longer, as researchers discover that a perplexing glow at the centre of the Milky Way is most likely caused by pulsars and not dark matter as previously suggested. The mysterious glow at the heart...
October 2016
The dwarf galaxy problem
... galaxy, missing satellite or substructure problem. Dwarf galaxies are small companions of bigger galaxies, like our own Milky Way. Our computer simulations investigate the evolution of the Universe and are very effective at producing Universes akin...
March 2017
Twinkle - a mission to unravel the story of planets in our galaxy
... Twinkle is a small, low-cost mission that will study the atmospheres of at least 100 bright exoplanets in the Milky Way using optical and infrared spectroscopy. The targets observed by Twinkle will comprise known exoplanets discovered by existing...
07 September 2016
Astronomers reveal the clearest picture yet of how the galaxy formed
... galaxies being destroyed by their interaction with ours during its assembly." Image showing age of stars in the milky way, as modelled by Carollo et al: doi:10.1038/nphys3874 In their paper published in Nature, the team also state that their...
02 August 2016
Astronomers detect large void in the centre of our Galaxy
... the chemical composition of the new Cepheids are helping us to better understand the formation and evolution of the Milky Way,” explains co-author Giuseppe Bono. As the structure of the inner Galaxy still remains to be revealed, Matsunaga and team...
