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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 624

Milky Way

File - this undated handout image provided on January 26, 2022 by astrophysicist Natasha Hurley-Walker from the Curtin University node of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) shows the Milky Way as viewed from Earth, with a star icon (at R-placed by source) marking the position of a mysterious repeating transient in space. (Natasha Hurley-Walker/AFP)
April 15, 2024, 12:31 pm
Study uses Egyptian mythology as blueprint for ancient heavens
Astrophysicist Or Gruar uses observatory simulators to map the galaxy onto sky-goddess Nut’s body in potential Egyptology breakthrough
By ToI Staff
This image released by NASA on October 19, 2022, shows the Pillars of Creation, captured by the James Webb Space Telescope in near-infrared-light view. (NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI via AP)
October 20, 2022, 4:27 pm
Webb telescope captures 1st ever star-filled picture of iconic ‘Pillars of Creation’
‘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
By AFP
This image released by the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration, on May 12, 2022, shows a black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy. (Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration via AP)
May 12, 2022, 5:18 pm
Black hole at the center of our galaxy captured on camera for the first time
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
By Seth Borenstein
This artist’s impression shows a magnetar in the star cluster Westerlund 1. (ESO/L. Calçada/Wikipedia CC BY 4.0)
November 5, 2020, 12:08 pm
Radio burst from within Milky Way may help solve cosmic mystery
Origin of powerful emission, said strong enough to detect with regular cellphone, pinned down to young neutron star within our galaxy
By Kelly MacNamara
This 360-degree panoramic image, the first of three extremely high-resolution images featured in the GigaGalaxy Zoom project launched by ESO within the framework of the International Year of Astronomy 2009, shows the plane of the Milky Way Galaxy edge-on from the perspective on Earth. (Wikipedia/ESO/S. Brunier/CC BY 4.0)
January 30, 2017, 6:01 pm
Our galaxy’s dash through space seen as tale of attraction and repulsion
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
By Shoshanna Solomon
This 360-degree panoramic image, the first of three extremely high-resolution images featured in the GigaGalaxy Zoom project launched by ESO within the framework of the International Year of Astronomy 2009, shows the plane of the Milky Way Galaxy edge-on from the perspective on Earth. (Wikipedia/ESO/S. Brunier/CC BY 4.0)
October 20, 2016, 7:11 am
Vast new Milky Way map to reveal how galaxies form
Most detailed hydrogen map ever shows for first time the fine details of structures between stars
By AFP
An illustrative photograph of galaxy NGC 6744, said to closely resemble the Milky Way. (CC BY, ESO/Wikimedia)
October 14, 2016, 2:12 am
Universe has 20 times more galaxies than thought
Surprising discovery by Hubble Space Telescope is based on 3D modelling of images collected over 20 years
By AFP
Artist's rendition of Gaia in space (photo credit: courtesy)
December 19, 2013, 11:17 am
‘Hundreds of thousands of planets on verge of discovery’
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
By David Shamah
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