01 February 2016
Enormous gas cloud on a collision course with the Milky Way
... hydrogen atoms in the cloud. The gaseous halo of the Milky Way is home to a diverse population of highvelocity clouds (HVCs... Institute in Baltimore, Maryland. "It's telling us that the Milky Way is a bubbling, very active place where gas can be...
18 January 2016
Does a second black hole lurk near the centre of the Milky Way?
... telescopes to observe this mysterious object that is only 200 light years away from the centre of the Milky Way and found that CO-0.40-0.22 consists of two components: a dense component extending 10 light years with a narrow velocity dispersion...
17 December 2021
New study shows that 99.9% of the mass at the centre of our galaxy is due to black hole
... theory of gravity in this extreme laboratory, and is there anything else hidden at the centre of the Milky Way. “The most straightforward way to answer that question is to closely follow the orbits of stars passing close to Sgr A*,” says Stefan...
02 May 2018
Astronomers spot fastest stars in the galaxy with Gaia
...could be some of the fastest known stars in the Milky Way. Just last week, mission specialists behind ESA’s Gaia ... this in the form of fast stars whizzing about the Milky Way, an international team of astronomers have scoured the second iteration...
16 July 2018
Science begins with South Africa's super radio telescope
... supernova remnants and radio filaments. The centre of the Milky Way is approximately 25,000 light-years away and it is hidden...arguably be the best view yet of the centre of the Milky Way. “We wanted to show the science capabilities of this new ...
30 July 2018
Test of Einstein’s general relativity theory successful after 26 years
... the effects predicted by Einstein’s general relativity theory on a star passing near the supermassive black hole in the Milky Way galaxy. This supermassive black hole, the closest to the Earth at 26000 light-years away, is surrounded by a group...
