The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/milky-way/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Tue, 09 Jun 2026 14:25:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Milky Way | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/milky-way/ 32 32 Study uses Egyptian mythology as blueprint for ancient heavens https://www.timesofisrael.com/study-uses-classical-egyptian-mythology-as-blueprint-for-ancient-heavens/ Mon, 15 Apr 2024 09:31:20 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3266858 Astrophysicist Or Gruar uses observatory simulators to map the galaxy onto sky-goddess Nut's body in potential Egyptology breakthrough

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]]> Webb telescope captures 1st ever star-filled picture of iconic ‘Pillars of Creation’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/webb-telescope-captures-1st-ever-star-filled-picture-of-iconic-pillars-of-creation/ Thu, 20 Oct 2022 13:27:28 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2855708 'Ejections from stars that are still forming' seen in image of gigantic gold, copper and brown columns in the midst of the cosmos, 6,500 light years from Earth

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]]> Black hole at the center of our galaxy captured on camera for the first time https://www.timesofisrael.com/black-hole-at-the-center-of-our-galaxy-captured-on-camera-for-the-first-time/ Thu, 12 May 2022 14:18:22 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2761505 Astronomers with the international consortium behind the Event Horizon Telescope say they successfully photographed the notoriously difficult to capture black hole in the Milky Way

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]]> Radio burst from within Milky Way may help solve cosmic mystery https://www.timesofisrael.com/radio-burst-from-within-milky-way-may-help-solve-cosmic-mystery/ Thu, 05 Nov 2020 10:08:45 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2423227 Origin of powerful emission, said strong enough to detect with regular cellphone, pinned down to young neutron star within our galaxy

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]]> Our galaxy’s dash through space seen as tale of attraction and repulsion https://www.timesofisrael.com/our-galaxy-race-seens-as-tale-of-attraction-and-repulsion/ Mon, 30 Jan 2017 16:01:23 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1550005 Meet the Dipole Repeller, a large, low-density region that a Hebrew U-led team of researchers says helps explain the Milky Way's motion

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]]> Vast new Milky Way map to reveal how galaxies form https://www.timesofisrael.com/vast-new-milky-way-map-to-reveal-how-galaxies-form/ Thu, 20 Oct 2016 04:11:27 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1482907 Most detailed hydrogen map ever shows for first time the fine details of structures between stars

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]]> Universe has 20 times more galaxies than thought https://www.timesofisrael.com/universe-has-100-billion-more-galaxies-than-previously-thought-say-astronomers/ Thu, 13 Oct 2016 23:12:05 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1479781 Surprising discovery by Hubble Space Telescope is based on 3D modelling of images collected over 20 years

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]]> ‘Hundreds of thousands of planets on verge of discovery’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/hundreds-of-thousands-of-planets-on-verge-of-discovery/ Thu, 19 Dec 2013 09:17:28 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=791762 Israeli scientist Shay Zucker, working with European Space Agency scientists, sees Thursday's launch of the Gaia satellite as a turning point in knowledge of space

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