Speedy stars reveal a satellite’s supermassive secret
By rewinding the orbits of hypervelocity stars, today’s authors discover something unusual about the Milky Way’s largest satellite galaxy.
Testing The Waters: Determining The Origin of The Cocytos Stream
How do you distinguish between home-grown and imported stars in the Milky Way? You use the Gaia space observatory, of course!
The Radcliffe Wave (Or How Space Might Have Caused An Ice Age)
Nearby in the Milky Way, the Radcliffe Wave hosts a dense concentration of dust, gas, and star clusters. And in the past few million years, the Sun might have passed right through it! But what effect did that have on our own Earth?
A Story of Starlight and Spirals in the Milky Way
New simulations of Milky Way-like galaxies, named after a Greek goddess.
Discovering a Stunted Giant: An Intermediate Mass Black Hole Hiding in the Milky Way
Today’s bite showcases the detection of an elusive intermediate-mass black hole hiding in our very own Galaxy!
Radio this one in: a catalogue of hundreds of new and known radio stars
Is your favourite star radio bright? Find out today with the most comprehensive collection of radio stars yet: the Sydney Radio Star Catalogue!