The Milky Way Above La Silla
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European Southern Observatory -- Anybody who visits a high-altitude astronomical observatory at this time of the year will be impressed by the beauty of the Milky Way band that stretches across the sky.     Compared to the poor views from cities and other human conglomerations, the dark and bright nebulae come into view together with an astonishing palette of clear stellar colours...
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Lagos - An item has appeared in the Universe Today, Space News from Around the Internet that the NASA&#39;s Galaxy Evolution Explorer has discovered baby galaxies forming in our relative neighborhood, casting doubt on the theory that only small galaxies were
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Astronomers have found ancient galaxies that appear to be the building blocks of our own Milky Way.
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A long- sought-after Holy Grail for astronomers is a complete understanding of how galaxies such as the Milky Way formed. But since scientists believe
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Hundreds of massive black holes may be roaming around the Milky Way, scientists find, though they pose no threat to Earth.
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Galactic Bulge and Disc Stars Shown To Have Different Oxygen Abundances Looking in detail at the composition of stars with ESO's VLT, astronomers are providing a fresh look at the history of our home galaxy, the Milky Way.
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A NASA-led team is studying the construction of a railway in space for a pair of telescopes that will provide views of planet, star, and galaxy formation in unprecedented detail. The proposed Space Infrared Interferometric Telescope (SPIRIT) mission will also examine the atmospheric chemistry of giant planets around other stars.
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Astrophysicists find a star-like object with a surface temperature just one tenth that of the Sun.
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While a terrestrial view of a galaxy might disguise the turbulent, changing mergers that fuel their formation, a famous cluster called Stephan's Quintet shows that seemingly immutable stars are always in flux.    Astrobiology Magazine -- A stunning image released by the Gemini Observatory captures the graceful interactions of a galactic ballet, on a stage some 300 million light years away, that might better be described as a contortionist's dance...
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Laser Guide Star System on ESO's VLT Starts Regular Science OperationsAn artificial, laser-fed star now shines regularly over the sky of Paranal, home of ESO's Very Large Telescope, one of the world's most advanced large ground-based telescopes.
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From 26,000 light-years-- near the center of our galaxy-- comes a radio signal that can be interpreted as a cloud of sugar molecules, one key component of what might have assisted the development of life if transported on primordial comets.    Astrobiology Magazine -- Astronomers using the National Science Foundation's giant Robert C...
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A cotton candy-like cloud of simple sugar drifts in the unspeakably cold center of the Milky Way  about 26,000 light years away, offering a remote, yet tantalizing, hint of how the building blocks of life may have reached  Earth billions of years ago.
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Andromeda, the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way, is shown here in this wide-field optical image from Kitt Peak. The central region of Andromeda is shown in a composite image, with X-rays from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory (blue) combined with the optical image.
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Astronomers have spotted three dozen bright, young galaxies that defy the general aging trends of the universe. The galaxies, fairly nearby and massive, are more youthful than they ought to be, based on current theory.
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Several dozen baby galaxies have turned up in galactic retirement communities near the Milky Way, new observations reveal. The objects resemble primitive galaxies from the early universe and may shed light on what triggers galaxies to form.
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A cosmic explosion that seems to have come out of nowhere&#x2014;thousands of light-years from the nearest collection of stars&#x2014;has left astronomers baffled.
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Scientists see a galaxy whose light would have set out some 12.8 billion years ago.