In the most comprehensive test of general relativity near the monstrous black hole at the center of our galaxy, researchers report that Einstein’s theory of general relativity holds up, at …read more Source:: Science
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Chemistry of stars sheds new light on the Gaia Sausage
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•Chemical traces in the atmospheres of stars are being used to uncover new information about a galaxy, known as the Gaia Sausage, which was involved in a major collision with …read more Source:: Science
Milky Way star with strange chemistry is from dwarf galaxy
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•Astronomers have discovered a star in the Milky Way Galaxy with a chemical composition unlike any other star in our Galaxy. This chemical composition has been seen in a small …read more Source:: Science
Giant X-ray ‘chimneys’ are exhaust vents for vast energies produced at Milky Way’s center
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•At the center of our galaxy, where an enormous black hole blasts out energy as it chows down on interstellar detritus while neighboring stars burst to life and explode. astronomers …read more Source:: Science
The rise and fall of Ziggy star formation and the rich dust from ancient stars
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•Researchers have detected a radio signal from abundant interstellar dust in MACS0416_Y1, a galaxy 13.2 billion light-years away in the constellation Eridanus. Standard models can’t explain this much dust in …read more Source:: Science
What does the Milky Way weigh? Hubble and Gaia investigate
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•We can’t put the whole Milky Way on a scale, but astronomers have been able to come up with one of the most accurate measurements yet of our galaxy’s mass, …read more Source:: Science
Laser tech could be fashioned into Earth’s ‘porch light’ to attract alien astronomers
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•If extraterrestrial intelligence exists somewhere in our galaxy, a new study proposes that laser technology on Earth could, in principle, be fashioned into something of a planetary porch light — …read more Source:: Science
Astronomers discover the giant that shaped the early days of our Milky Way
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•Some ten billion years ago, the Milky Way merged with a large galaxy. The stars from this partner, named Gaia-Enceladus, make up most of the Milky Way’s halo and also …read more Source:: Science
Oracle’s Wookiee brings microservices to Scala developers
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•By Paul Krill In the Star Wars movies, pilot Han Solo explored the galaxy accompanied by a large, hairy creature known as a Wookiee. Scala developers can build microservices with a framework …read more Source:: OpenSource
Galactic ‘wind’ stifling star formation is most distant yet seen
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•For the first time, a powerful ‘wind’ of molecules has been detected in a galaxy located 12 billion light-years away. Probing a time when the universe was less than 10 …read more Source:: Science