A fresh look at our Galaxy points to a chaotic past and a violent end. Arcing across the night sky is a pale band of light the Romans called the via lactea — the Milky Way. Astronomers have known ...

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Located 12 million light-years away and undergoing rapid star formation, edge-on spiral galaxy Messier 82 (M82) is a scientifically unique sight to behold, and now NASA's James Webb Space Telescope ...

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey V (SDSS-V) has announced its 20th public data release (DR20), delivering a dramatic expansion of the Milky Way Mapper (MWM) scientific survey—the most detailed ...