NASA’s space telescope has found that the black hole ate its last big meal about 6 million years ago
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Tail of stray black hole found hiding in the Milky Way
The new finding marks the beginning of the search for quiet black holes
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Stars in Milky Way’s halo found to travel in groups
The finding was made after recent analysis of data for millions of stars from the Gaia space mission
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Red ‘Santa Claus’ nebula lights up the Milky Way
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured two festive-looking nebulae brightening up our galaxy
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Astronomers solve mystery of super-faint galaxies
The galactic objects are distributed over an area just as large as the Milky Way
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New family of stars discovered in the Milky Way’s core
The finding has shed new light on the origins of globular clusters
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Exploding stars found to be the main source of lithium in the universe
The lightest solid element in existence, plays an important role in our lives, both at the biological and the technological level
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Astronomers have worked out why there are different kinds of galaxy
The finding means we can now classify these structures according to their physical properties rather than human interpretation
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Star Trek’s Starship Enterprise nebulae spotted by space telescope
A new infrared image from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope may remind fans of the TV series
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Rare relic of the early Milky Way discovered
A fossilised remnant of our galaxy, harbouring stars of hugely different ages, has been found
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Astronomers probe star that’s both very old and very young
For years, we’ve puzzled over a massive age-defying star lodged deep in the Milky Way
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Astronomers discover unusually young, heavyweight star
A young star, located almost 11,000 light years away, which could help us understand how the most massive stars in the universe are formedm, has been found
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Dwarf galaxies more voracious than initially thought
Even those with very low masses are capable of savaging smaller nearby galaxies
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Massive stellar void discovered at the Milky Way’s centre
A major revision is required in our understanding of our galaxy, according to new research
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Hubble image release: Spacecraft snaps ancient cosmic cluster
NGC 4833, captured in all its glory, is one of over 150 globular clusters known to reside within the Milky Way
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Milky Way’s hot halo provides details on the making of stars and planets
Hot gas in the halo of the Milky Way has led to new information about structures in our universe
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VIDEO: If space was full of air, this is what the stars would sound like
The universe would be a noisy place if it wasn’t a vacuum
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Galaxies found to eject hefty elements into space
Galaxies “waste” large amounts of material generated by star formation, according to new research
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‘Space beacons’ reveal the Milky Way’s very old core
An ancient population of stars has been discovered at the centre of our galaxy