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NASA just discovered a living relic from the Milky Way’s earliest days hidden in plain sight

NASA proved Terzan 5 is not a globular star cluster but a living fossil from the Milky Way's earliest formation. Webb and Hubble jointly revealed four distinct stellar generations spanning 12.5 billion years. This reclassification reshapes how scientists understand galactic bulge formation. Terzan 5 may be the oldest surviving fragment…

The Economic Times

UK report uncovers 'biggest childbirth scandal' in NHS history

PRESS REVIEW – Thursday, June 25: UK papers discuss the Nottingham maternity care scandal. Next: is there going to be another heatwave in Europe this summer? Also: the Euclid telescope took extraordinary photos of the Milky Way. Finally, Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's upcoming wedding is getting both Swifties and…

France 24

This is the largest and most detailed image of our Milky Way — with over 60 million stars and 50 exoplanet systems

The ESA's dark universe detective spacecraft Euclid, has studied the heart of the Milky Way, creating the largest and most detailed photo of this region ever made.

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60 million stars: Euclid space telescope snaps the most detailed photo of the Milky Way ever taken

Planet hunters and stargazers will both benefit from the Euclid space telescope's newest image, which was released after 26 hours of deep-space observations.

LiveScience

This ball of stars named Terzan 5 may be one of the Milky Way's original building blocks

Terzan 5 is a globular cluster with some unusual properties that have led a team of astronomers to suspect that it is more than meets the eye.

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James Webb telescope detects 'galaxy-killing wind' near the dawn of time — and it could preview the death of the Milky Way

New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope show that ancient galaxies lived fast and died young because of intense, collision-driven winds.

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A mysterious gamma-ray stream comes from the Milky Way's center. Could dark matter have something to do with it?

New research has failed to rule out self-annihilating dark matter as the source of a hotly debated gamma-ray emission known as the Galactic Center Excess radiating from the heart of the Milky Way.

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Supermassive black holes may be surrounded by dark matter clusters, new 'echo map' technique suggests

A technique called echo mapping suggests supermassive black holes, like that at the heart of the Milky Way, are surrounded by clusters of dark matter.

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Want to start stargazing? Here's why June is the perfect time for newcomers

Short nights and bright stars make the midsummer night sky surprisingly beginner-friendly.

Space

Humans May Be 'Autonomous Probes' Created by Aliens, Avi Loeb Claims

Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb has floated the provocative idea that humans might themselves be alien‑made 'autonomous probes,' built through advanced synthetic biology rather than evolving entirely on Earth.

International Business Times UK

NASA X-ray spacecraft discovers supernova wreckage at the heart of the Milky Way

NASA's Chandra X-ray spacecraft has detected the supernova wreckage of a dead star that erupted 1,700 years ago and ejected debris at 2 million miles per hour.

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'I was really amazed': On the edge of the Milky Way, a dwarf galaxy is being ripped in half by its big sibling

A new study shows that the Small Magellanic Cloud is being pulled apart by its larger sibling on the Milky Way's periphery, upending our understanding of our cosmic neighbor.

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Earth's underground fungal network is so massive, it would span 10% of the Milky Way, map reveals

The first global map of subterranean fungi networks reveals how massive its reach is worldwide.

LiveScience

The Milky Way returns: How to take breathtaking photos of our galaxy this summer

Learn how to photograph the Milky Way in June with expert astrophotography tips on dark skies, camera settings, timing and composition.

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The Milky Way was rewired by a cataclysmic collision billions of years ago. Now it is on course for another

Vasily Belokurov is one of three winners of the 2026 Kavli Prize in Astrophysics. The award is for uncovering fossil evidence of past galactic mergers that prove how the Milky Way evolved.

The Conversation

Upcoming telescopes could shed light on dark matter – astronomers are looking for these ‘fingerprints’ of the elusive substance

NASA’s plans to return astronauts to the Moon through the Artemis program and ultimately send humans to Mars highlight just how far space exploration has come. Yet while the Moon and Mars remain compelling destinations filled with scientific mysteries, looking beyond our solar system raises even deeper questions about the…

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Trouble near the Milky Way: The Large Magellanic Cloud is ripping its smaller neighbor galaxy apart

The Magellanic Clouds are a pair of dwarf galaxies passing the Milky Way probably for the first time, but as they move they have been interacting with each other for billions of years.

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Scientists find wind blowing from our Milky Way's black hole after half-century search: 'There it is'

After searching for 50 years, astronomers have finally discovered powerful winds blowing from Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the heart of our galaxy.

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Mapping forces with help from galaxies far, far away

Striking maps produced with the help of a powerful radio telescope in the Australian outback will help scientists better understand how the Milky Way formed.

The Economic Times

NASA plans to send a planet hunter to scan the Galaxy for 100,000 new alien worlds

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is poised to discover approximately 100,000 exoplanets, significantly expanding our understanding of planetary formation. This mission will explore previously uncharted regions of the Milky Way, utilizing transit and microlensing techniques to study diverse planetary systems and potentially reveal if Earth is a cosmic rarity.

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Astrophotographer climbed steep snow and ice to reveal a spectacular night sky "most people beneath those lights will never see"

Award-winning Milky Way image over Queenstown shows a rare alignment of a galaxy, alpine terrain and human presence

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Shockwaves from dying stars may sculpt 'cosmic wagon wheel' stellar nurseries, simulations reveal

3D simulations reveal how shockwaves from stellar explosions and winds may carve hub-and-spoke structures in molecular clouds, shaping star formation in the Milky Way.

The Times of India

10 darkest regions on Earth where you can get the clearest views of planets, stars and the Milky Way

In a world increasingly illuminated by artificial light, truly dark skies have become a rare treasure. According to researchers, more than 80% of the global population now lives under light-polluted skies, making it difficult to see anything beyond the brightest stars from many urban areas. Yet a handful of remote…

The Independent UK

A trip to the United Arab Emirates' darkest spot reveals a rare view of the Milky Way

The gleaming skyscrapers and brights lights of the United Arab Emirates draw the eyes of all who travel here

LiveScience

Controversial 'JuMBO' planets discovered by James Webb telescope may not be an illusion after all

Two pairs of "rogue" Jupiter-size, planet-like objects have been found in a large star-forming region in the Milky Way, a new study claims. The findings suggest the weird objects actually do exist, and are not an illusion.

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