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azernews.azscience5 days ago
Astronomers detect signs of wind from Milky Way’s central black hole
Researchers report a cone-shaped cavity in cold gas near Sagittarius A* that they attribute to an outflow of hot gas. The finding follows five years of observations with radio and X-ray telescopes.
Science Newsscience17 days ago
Astronomers Detect Only Mild Wind from Milky Way’s Central Black Hole
New observations show a cone-shaped gap near the Milky Way’s central black hole, indicating a hot wind is blowing away cold gas. The findings appear in Astrophysical Journal Letters.
news.google.comscience27 days ago
Astronomers Identify 20 Stars as Possible Remnants of Ancient Galaxy Merger
Researchers report finding 20 metal-poor stars in the Milky Way whose chemical makeup and orbits point to a single dwarf galaxy absorbed roughly 10 billion years ago. The study, published this month, used data from the European Space Agency's Gaia telescope.
gizmodo.comscience30 days ago
Astronomers Identify Metal-Poor Stars Near Milky Way Disk as Possible Remnants of Ancient Galaxy
A new study published in May reports that 20 metal-poor stars located roughly 7,000 light-years from the Sun may be remnants of a dwarf galaxy the Milky Way absorbed more than 10 billion years ago. Researchers named the proposed galaxy Loki and used data from the European Space A…
Science Newsscience59 days ago
NASA's SPHEREx Maps Water Ice Across Hundreds of Light-Years in Milky Way Stellar Nurseries
NASA's SPHEREx observatory has charted vast clouds of interstellar water ice in the Cygnus X and North American Nebula regions. The findings, reported in the April 20 Astrophysical Journal, confirm water's widespread presence in space. The maps are dozens of times wider than thos…