🖼️00The Milky Way ate a galaxy called Loki, and scientists think they found its bonesLive Science·https://www.livescience.com/author/shreejaya-karantha·19 days ago#4xpNaUPL#milkyway#thesolarsystem#stargazing#nasa#stars#milky+5 more🧰Tag tools✨Add tagAstronomers have identified a group of ancient stars that may be the remnants of a dwarf galaxy named Loki that merged with the Milky Way more than 10 billion years ago.15s0Read later0Read More
🖼️00Scientists have found a hidden galaxy inside the Milky Way, and they’re calling it LokiDigital Trends·Manisha Priyadarshini·28 days ago#qWovaNeM#space#galaxy#loki#milkyway#milkywaygalaxy#stars+4 more🧰Tag tools✨Add tagA new study suggests the Milky Way consumed an ancient dwarf galaxy billions of years ago, and its stellar remains may still be embedded within ours.15s0Read later0Read More
🖼️00What would Earth be like if there were no Moon?Astronomy Magazine·Astronomy Staff·28 days ago#xmrCVaHu#solarsystem#science#alienlife#milkyway#stars#earth+7 more🧰Tag tools✨Add tagWithout our satellite, Earth’s geology, biology, and climate — even human philosophy — would be vastly different.15s0Read later0Read More
🖼️00When gravitational lensing occurs, can we see the object doing the lensing?Astronomy Magazine·Astronomy Staff·about 1 month ago#tBj5bH3n#stars#milkyway#exoplanets#solarsystem#science#light+8 more🧰Tag tools✨Add tagWhen the gravity of a foreground object distorts and magnifies light from the background, the images surround the object responsible for the lensing.15s0Read later0Read More
📰00Astronomers Find the Edge of the Milky WaySky & Telescope·Colin Stuart·about 1 month ago#rLx1VbNC#cmplz#store#ms#milkyway#carouselphotos#disk+6 more🧰Tag tools✨Add tagAstronomers have located the edge of the Milky Way’s star-forming disk, showing that it extends 40,000 light-years out from the center.15s0Read later0Read More