You Searched For "milky way unknown facts" and got 20 results
Sort By:
3 mins read
Scientists think they’ve spotted 60 potential alien power plants in the Milky Way!
Dyson Spheres, a shell or swarm of objects built by an advanced civilisation to capture the immense…
3 mins read
'The Unknown' is the best part of the disastrous Willy Wonka house
The creepy "evil candymaker" in a silver mask who scared kids in Glasgow is a fan favorite. I say i…
Katie Notopoulos
4 mins read
Unknown objects at the heart of the Milky Way are beaming radio signals, then mysteriously disappearing
Radio waves bursting from the center of the Milky Way, then disappearing, might reveal a new type o…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
2 mins read
3D map of the Milky Way shows its twisted warped shape is changing — and it could be because of an ongoing collision
Just like the Earth was once thought to be flat, so was the Milky Way. However, a new 3D map of the…
3 mins read
Mysterious radio waves are radiating from an unknown object at the heart of the Milky Way, astronomers say
The signal appeared near the center of the galaxy. It was strong for most of 2020, but then it sudd…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
4 mins read
Meet the black hole at the center of our galaxy: Scientists just took its picture for the first time
Researchers unveiled the first image of the supermassive black hole lurking at the heart of our gal…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Paola Rosa-Aquino
4 mins read
Astronomers discovered a 'spooky' spinning object in our galactic backyard, emitting some of the strongest radio beams in the sky
Radio telescopes are detecting more mysterious signals. They switch on and off and don't match any …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
2 mins read
Bubbles filled with thousands of stars found in the Milky Way
The size of these bubbles is decided by the wind and radiation coming from the young and massi…
6 mins read
Elon Musk attacked my article accusing him of gaming Twitter's algorithm for more attention. In some ways, it gave him exactly what he wanted.
In Zoe Schiffer's book "Extremely Hardcore," she describes a Super Bowl-related tweet flop with Elo…
Zoe Schiffer
3 mins read
Indian astronomers spot over 200 new stars in the Pacman Nebula — and 51 of them are yet to reach adulthood
Not every star shines bright in Earth’s sky. In fact, some of them are clearly visible one moment b…
2 mins read
Supermassive black holes grew from mysterious ‘seeds’ that are yet to be found
Black holes are one of the most mysterious objects in outer space whose origins continue to perplex…
3 mins read
New stars running from the death of their own galaxies means our Milky Way might survive
These stars are migrant refugees fleeing from their own dwarf galaxies — known as Magellanic Clo…
10 mins read
AI is going to eliminate way more jobs than anyone realizes
AI is a tsunami about to upend the global economy, throwing 300 million jobs into mayhem and forcin…
Emil Skandul
2 mins read
We live next to the largest gas cloud in the Milky Way — and it's giving birth to new stars
A new 3D map of the Milky Way reveals that we live next to the largest gas cloud in the galaxy. …
3 mins read
Two massive bubbles stretch 700 light years above and below the center of the Milky Way
One of the largest features ever seen, has been spotted right at the center of our very own galaxy,…
4 mins read
Our galaxy could have at least 36 intelligent alien civilizations, researchers say. It may take thousands of years to find them.
Extraterrestrial civilizations could tell us whether human life will last millions of years, or jus…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
4 mins read
A black hole spewed out material equivalent to 500 Empire State Buildings at nearly the speed of light — and NASA caught it on video
This black hole and its companion star make up the system called MAXI J1820+070 located within t…
2 mins read
Astronomers found the closest black hole to Earth — and there could be millions more like it
Scientists usually find black holes by detecting X-rays they emit as they devour nearby stars. But …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
2 mins read
There was a big spark — 75 times brighter than usual — from the black hole at the heart of the Milky Way
Our solar system, the Milky Way, has a supermassive black hole at the heart of it and it just shine…
2 mins read
Some curious facts about Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos
When he was born on January 12, 1964, Jeff Bezos was christened as Jeffrey Preston Jorgensen. H…