The globular cluster NGC 2005, featured in this Hubble Picture of the Week, is not unusual in and of itself; but it is a peculiarity in relation to its surroundings. NGC 2005 is located abou… Read More
Galaxies can be considered the largest building blocks of the universe. which are a collection of wonders such as stars, systems, dark matter, gas and dust nebulae, and supermassive black… Read More
If you have ever gone to a dark sky location and looked at the sky on a clear
night, you would have seen an impressive sight. The majestic Milky Way, our
beloved host galaxy, is sprea… Read More
Scientists have identified one of the oldest known stars outside the Milky Way. The discovery, reported in March in the journal Nature Astronomy, has uncovered a relic from the early days o… Read More
Oscar Wilde once said: "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." I guess I would be that person who's always searching for the beauty in life no matter t… Read More
This image features Arp 72, a very selective galaxy group that only includes two interacting galaxies: NGC 5996 (the large spiral galaxy) and NGC 5994 (its smaller companion, in the lower le… Read More
This image shows a globular cluster known as NGC 1651. Like the object in another recent Picture of the Week, it is located about 162 000 light-years away in the largest and brightest of the… Read More
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The research team has discovered a second-generation star in the Large Magellanic Cloud. (Ar… Read More
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, an international team of astronomers led by the University of Cambridge have spotted a ‘dead’ galaxy when the universe was just 700 million… Read More
This image shows LEDA 42160, a galaxy about 52 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Virgo. The dwarf galaxy is one of many forcing its way through the comparatively dense gas… Read More
The Gum Nebula is a large emission nebula located approximately 1,470 light-years away. It occupies 36 degrees of the apparent sky in the direction of the constellations Puppis and Vela. It… Read More
This image shows a screenshot from eHST of the new spectral viewer, showing one region of an example COS spectrum of a massive star in the Large Magellanic Cloud.http://dlvr.it… Read More
Unlocking the Potential: The Multibagger Journey of Magellanic Cloud Ltd in the Digital Space In the ever-evolving world of investments, stories of multibagger stocks often captivate the att… Read More
This densely populated group of stars is the globular cluster known as NGC 1841, which is found within the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a satellite galaxy to the Milky Way galaxy that lies… Read More
Domestic benchmark equity indices, the Sensex and the Nifty 50 ended Friday’s session flat dragged by selling in selling in information technology (IT), metal, oil and gas stocks and b… Read More
Retail investors are always on the hunt to purchase hot stocks which can deliver strong returns in the short span of time. This is the reason this category of investors continue to track new… Read More
Shares of this multibagger IT stock jumps after its subsidiary company becomes the first company in India to receive a DGCA-Type certification for a Logistics Drone, the “CargoMax 500H… Read More
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The Fascinating World of Stellar Systems
What is a Huge System of Stars Called?
Spiral Galaxies
Elliptical Galaxies
Irregular Galaxies
Examples of Stellar Systems
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The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is a Magellanic spiral galaxy located 163,000 light-years away. It is the brightest satellite galaxy of the Milky Way and one of the nearest galaxies to our… Read More
A recent SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) effort focused on a famous supernova from 1987, working under the premise that aliens might use such events to draw attention to them… Read More
This image shows a densely packed field of stars, laid on top of a background of dust, gas, and light from more distant celestial objects. The stars take up so much of the field of view in t… Read More
The Tarantula Nebula is a vast star-forming region located approximately 160,000 light-years away in the southern constellation Dorado. The region of ionised hydrogen gas is part of the Larg… Read More
The Ghost Head Nebula is an emission nebula located approximately 160,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud in the constellation Dorado. The star-forming region appears near the… Read More
The Japanese space agency JAXA has released the first test images from its X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM). The images show a galaxy cluster and a supernova remnant, and offer… Read More
Although we are almost reaching the end of 2023, the James Webb, Hubble and Euclid space telescopes continue their operations in space normally; that is, they continue to collect fascinat… Read More
In the realm of astronomy, concepts often precede their visual confirmation, guiding researchers to expand the boundaries of knowledge. A recent study by the University of Toronto has substa… Read More
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Star S0-6 is a mystery to astronomers. Its chemical composition and location in the Milky W… Read More
By Wes Davis, a weekend editor who covers the latest in tech and entertainment. He has written news, reviews, and more as a tech journalist since 2020.NASA is preparing to begin an experime… Read More
This striking image shows the densely packed globular cluster known as NGC 2210, which is situated in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). The LMC lies about 157 000 light-years from Earth, and… Read More
The center of our Mich Street system may have visitors from far reaches of space: some of the stars orbiting the central black hole did not form on our global island. A team led by Shogo N… Read More
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Researchers have discovered for the first time an important planet-forming elemen… Read More
Researchers found the first example of a rotating disk around a star outside the Milky Way. This structure is practically identical to those found around young stars in our galaxy, and ma… Read More
A coalition of astronomers is pushing to rename the Milky Way’s closest neighboring galaxies, arguing that the Portuguese explorer they are named after was a “m… Read More
The findings, published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, open a new window to investigate and understand the nature of astrophysical black hole sources. Lar… Read More
47 Tucanae is a bright globular cluster located 14,500 light-years away in the southern constellation Tucana. With an apparent magnitude of 4.09, the cluster is visible to the unaided eye on… Read More
To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories.To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories.Rebecca BoyleThe original version of this story appeared i… Read More
Images of E0102 with 5,500 MHz contours overlaid (top) and 9,000 MHz contours overlaid (bottom). Credit: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (2023). DOI: 10… Read More
Small-cap stocks are those stocks that have a market capitalization below ₹ 16,800. While they are risky to invest in, as compared to mid-cap and large-cap stocks, some of them turn ou… Read More
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured remarkable images of the supernova remnant SN 1987A located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a distant galaxy situated 168,000 light-years… Read More
Our home galaxy, the Milky Way, plays the role of a galactic shepherd by controlling the movements of over 60 smaller galaxies. These galaxies, known as satellites, orbit around the Milky Wa… Read More
The Lobster Nebula is a large emission nebula located approximately 5,900 light-years away in the constellation Scorpius. The nebula hosts several massive young star clusters and is one of t… Read More
Astronomers have captured a fascinating cosmic tug of war between a massive galaxy and its smaller dwarf galaxy neighbor. The smaller galaxy, known as NGC 1531, is no match for the gravitati… Read More
The JUICE spacecraft captured its first ultraviolet views of the cosmos, revealing a beautiful streak of the Milky Way littered with shining stars from the southern sky. It’s not the m… Read More
In the early 20th century, a team of “human computers” — women tasked with the grueling labor of manual astronomical data processing — went far beyond their job de… Read More
How Has Space Exploration Improved Our Understanding of the Milky Way Galaxy?
Space exploration has greatly improved our understanding of the Milky Way Galaxy. Astronomers have used a variet… Read More
By looking at how huge our Milky Way galaxy is, as it measures 100,000 light-years in diameter, you might be tempted to say that there cannot be any other galaxy out there in the Universe th… Read More