07 September 2016
Astronomers reveal the clearest picture yet of how the galaxy formed
... and gas. "We haven't previously known much about the age of the most ancient component of the Milky Way, which is the Halo System," said Daniela Carollo, research assistant professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Notre Dame...
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...
01 February 2016
Enormous gas cloud on a collision course with the Milky Way
... of neutral hydrogen atoms in the cloud. The gaseous halo of the Milky Way is home to a diverse population of highvelocity clouds (.... "We have found several massive gas clouds in the Milky Way halo that may serve as future fuel for star formation ...
