Astronomy: Black hole in satellite galaxy hurls stars into Milky Way
At the edge of the Milky Way, there are a surprising number of hyper-fast stars that originate from outside. They apparently ...
Study investigates outburst of cataclysmic variable system GK Persei
Chinese astronomers have analyzed the data from NASA's Swift observatory, which extensively observed an outburst of the ...
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Scientists Explain What Happened 14 Million Years Ago When the Solar System Passed Through the Orion Star-Forming Region
An international team of researchers, led by the University of Vienna, has revealed that the Solar System passed through the ...
Mini 'Spiral Galaxy' May Be Taking Shape At The Edge Of Our Solar System
What they found was surprising: the inner Oort Cloud seems to form a spiral disk, stretching about 15,000 astronomical units (AU) long. 1 AU is the distance between the Sun and the Earth (149.4 ...
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A Hidden Spiral? Scientists Suggest the Oort Cloud May Mimic a Mini Galaxy at the Solar System’s Edge
New research suggests the Oort Cloud may have a spiral structure like a mini galaxy. Supercomputer models reveal its ...
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No One Knows Where It Leads – Scientists Discover Interstellar Tunnel Beginning Around Solar System
Astronomers believe they’ve uncovered what could be an “interstellar tunnel” in our cosmic backyard —one that might serve as ...
Something Unexpected Is Spewing Stars Into the Milky Way
Fast-moving stars in the Milky Way indicate there could be a supermassive black hole in the neighboring Large Magellanic ...
Solar system's journey through Orion complex 14 million years ago may have altered Earth's climate
An international research team led by the University of Vienna has discovered that the solar system traversed the Orion ...