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  NASA finds first signs of planet outside Milky Way galaxy

  Science | October 26, 2021 23:11 IST

  The possible exoplanet -- or planets outside of our Solar System -- candidate is located in the spiral galaxy Messier 51 (M51), also called the Whirlpool Galaxy because of its distinctive profile, NASA said in a statement.

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  Milky Way galaxy is not homogeneous as previously thought

  India | September 09, 2021 17:56 IST

  As a result of the findings, detailed in the journal Nature, simulations of the Milky Way's evolution will have to be modified.  

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  Astronomers spot a 'blinking giant' near Milky Way

  Science | June 11, 2021 20:14 IST

  An international team of astronomers has spotted a giant 'blinking' star towards the centre of the Milky Way, more than 25,000 light years away. 

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  Earth inching closer to supermassive black hole at 7 km per second, reveals study

  Science | December 01, 2020 16:41 IST

  Earth is inching closer to a supermassive black hole in the Milky Way galaxy at 7 km per second, a study has found out. According to a map issued by Japanese radio astronomy project VERA, earth in the past 35 years has travelled some 1,900 light years and is now sitting at a distance of 25,800 light years from the black hole.

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  Astronomers spot rare fast radio burst in our own Galaxy

  Science | November 04, 2020 23:28 IST

  A group of astronomers has for the first time detected a powerful fast radio burst (FRB) coming from a source in our own Galaxy, the Milky Way, which is 30,000 light-years away.

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  Some dwarf galaxies form stars 10-100 times faster than Milky Way galaxy: Study

  Science | August 24, 2020 20:28 IST

   Amid the billions of galaxies in the universe, a large number are tiny ones 100 times less massive than the Milky Way galaxy. 

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  When and how the whole universe will come to an end? Read on to find out

  Science | August 19, 2020 10:00 IST

  Humans have always been curious to know how and when the world will come to an end. Interestingly, theoretical physicist Matt Caplan has predicted when the universe will come to its end.

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  New galaxy similar to Milky Way found in deep space. Read on

  Science | August 14, 2020 10:15 IST

  Earlier Astronomers had observed a young galaxy similar to Milky way. They often thought this infant universe as a chaotic, extreme environment where galaxies are unstable and violent. However, a new study suggests that this infant galaxy has features similar to those of our own more mature Milky Way.

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  Milky way galaxy home to 36 active civilisations besides humans, reveals study

  Science | June 17, 2020 9:31 IST

  A new study led by the University of Nottingham has revealed that there is a possibility of over 30 active, communicating, intelligent civilization in the milky way galaxy.

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  Earth-sized planet found orbiting nearest star Proxima Centauri

  Science | June 01, 2020 11:40 IST

  Astronomers have discovered an earth-sized orbiting Proxima Centauri, the closest star to our solar system. Proxima Centauri is only 4.2 light years away, and the target planet - Proxima b - is just 1.17 times the size of Earth.

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  Twinkling heart of the Milky Way spotted. Researchers hope more info on supermassive black hole now

  Science | May 23, 2020 10:42 IST

  For the first time, astronomers have found quasi-periodic flickers in milimeter-waves from the center of the Milky way galaxy, Sagittatrius (Sgr) A*. The team found this astonishing revelation using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA)

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  Mysterious gas-like objects spotted in the centre of Milky Way

  Science | January 16, 2020 13:29 IST

  Astronomers have spotted strange gas-like objects close to a monstrous black hole at the centre of our galaxy, a finding that may lead to deeper understanding of the forces creating stars and other cosmic entities in the universe.

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  Milky Way is about 890 billion times the mass of our Sun: Study

  Science | December 14, 2019 17:57 IST

  ​While it is not possible to put the entire Milky Way on a scale, that has not deterred astronomers from trying to make measurements of our home galaxy. According to a new "robust" estimate of Milky Way's mass measurement, it is about 890 billion times the mass of our Sun.  

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  Centre of Milky Way exploded just over 3 million years ago: Study

  Science | October 07, 2019 16:21 IST

  The phenomenon, known as a Seyfert flare, created two enormous 'ionisation cones' that sliced through the Milky Way -- beginning with a relatively small diameter close to the black hole, and expanding vastly as they exited the galaxy.

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  How heavy is Milky Way Galaxy? Astronomers come up with one of the most accurate measurements

  World | March 09, 2019 8:09 IST

  Using data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and the European Space Agency's Gaia satellite, astronomers have come up with one of the most accurate measurements of mass of the Milky Way galaxy.

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  Milky Way galaxy is 'warped, twisted' not flat: Study

  Science | February 05, 2019 22:56 IST

  "We usually think of spiral galaxies as being quite flat, like Andromeda which you can easily see through a telescope," said Professor Richard de Grijs from Macquarie University in Australia.  

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  Scientists discover second fast radio burst in space, far outside Milky Way galaxy

  Science | January 10, 2019 12:14 IST

  This is one of the very first detections made by the new Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment, or CHIME. 

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  End of the world? Home galaxy headed towards catastrophic galactic collision

  Science | January 08, 2019 15:34 IST

  Researchers led by astrophysicists at Durham University in the UK predict that the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) could hit the Milky Way in two billion years' time.

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  Signs of alien life will be found by 2025: Nasa scientists

  World | April 08, 2015 18:18 IST

  Washington: Signs of alien life will be detected by 2025, while "definitive evidence" of extra-terrestrial beings may be found within the next 20 to 30 years, top Nasa scientists say."I think we're going to have

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  Hubble discovers source of Magellanic Stream

  World | August 10, 2013 10:15 IST

  Washington, Aug 10: Astronomers have solved a 40-year mystery on the origin of Magellanic Stream — a ribbon of gas stretching almost halfway around our Milky Way galaxy.The Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, two dwarf