Milky Way
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It may be able to complete an astronomical census of the Milky Way, as well as survey other galaxies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
Researchers have now shown for the first time that a globular cluster stellar stream can be used to investigate dark matter in a galaxy beyond the Milky Way.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026
An international research team, including an astrophysicist from Northwestern University, has identified the first stellar stream of this type ever observed outside the Milky Way.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026
Astronomers have discovered the fastest star in the Milky Way zooming at 25,000 kilometres a second around the supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
With a third or half a trillion stars in our Milky Way Galaxy alone, could ours be the only one accompanied by an inhabited planet?
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
