Comprehensive study examines properties of 1,449 planetary nebulae across the Milky Way

By analyzing the data from the HASH database, astronomers have conducted a comprehensive study of nearly 1,500 planetary ...
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See the brain-like Medula Nebula shine in new astrophotography portrait (photo)

The cataclysmic explosion that spawned the supernova remnant simultaneously gave rise to a superdense pulsar, which was ...
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Milky Way Nebula NGC 248

The sheer observing power of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is rarely better illustrated than in an image such as this. This glowing pink nebula, named NGC 248, is located in the Small Magellanic ...
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ESO captures Dark Wolf Nebula stalking across the Milky Way

Inside the bright but unassumingly named nebula Gum 55 lies a dark nebula — a rift of dust grains that absorb visible light — creating a swatch of darkness against the glow of bright gas. Fittingly ...
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Learning about the Milky Way

The Milky Way is a barred-spiral galaxy about 100,000 light years in diameter, but only about 1,000 light years thick. It contains more than 100 billion stars, and some estimates place that number ...
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One large Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies?

A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known universe. At a meeting of the American Astronomical Society in January 1925, a paper read by one of his ...
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Deep-sky objects to target as a novice observer

The article details various types of deep-sky objects observable by amateur astronomers, including double stars, variable stars, open and globular star clusters, emission, planetary, and reflection ...
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One large Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies? 100 years ago, Edwin Hubble settled astronomy's 'Great Debate'

A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known universe. At a meeting of the American Astronomical Society in January 1925, a paper read by one of his ...
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A Break Has Been Found In One of the Milky Way’s Spiral Arms

The newly discovered feature offers insight into the large-scale structure of our galaxy, which is difficult to study from Earth’s position inside it. Scientists have spotted a previously unrecognized ...
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What Does the Milky Way Look Like From Above?

August nights are some of the best of the year to see the Milky Way. With no moon in the sky in the coming week, try to get out of town and treat yourself and your family to one of nature's most ...
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One large Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies? 100 years ago, a young Edwin Hubble settled astronomy’s ‘Great Debate’

(THE CONVERSATION) A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known universe. At a meeting of the American Astronomical Society in January 1925, a paper read by ...