Milky Way

of Earth as we know it. Surprisingly enough, galactic collision occur more often than people think and for the examples I will list below, you can see why in most cases, there’s nothing to fear on Earths end. Normal sized galaxies; such as the Milky Way galaxy, can contain an estimated 400 billion stars. In someone’s mind who knows nothing about Astronomy, they think that the larger the amount of stars, the more crowded the galaxy is. The truth is, that stars and planets are so far apart, the…

scientists have used to name this phenomenon when galaxies interact gives people a wrong picture on what happens, but even if the process is often slow in our standards the interaction has an impact on the galaxies involved and our own galaxy, the Milky Way, has been,…

First, Cosmic Mother religion focuses on a woman from whom all life was birthed. The Great Cosmic Mother was thought by the Mayans to be apparent in the Milky Way Galaxy. That is to say that parts of the Milky Way Galaxy represented her body parts, where the central bulge in the galaxy was, was the Cosmic Mother’s womb, and where there was a dark rift, there was “the birthing place.” For Cosmic Mother religion to be the alternative…

spacecraft telescope observatory launched by NASA on March 7th, 2009 with the primary purpose of discovering Earth-like planets orbiting other stars. The observatory named after astronomer Johannes Kepler, is designed to survey our section of the Milky Way in order to discover hundreds of Earth-sized extrasolar planets with livable conditions, to estimate how many stars are found within our galaxy, and create a better understanding of how planetary system’s light years away compare to our own.…

Delphinus is a constellation that often passes by the watch of astronomers due to its limited size, however this little wonder has fascinating stars that captivate your attention when you take the time to focus upon it. Location South and away from the Milky Way's band lies the constellation Delphinus the Dolphin. This tiny grouping of stars lies in the transition zone from that of the summer star filled skies to that of the sparse autumn skies. Once you have located Delphinus in the night…

cosmic background. This supermassive black hole contains 17 billions times the mass of the Sun, only slightly smaller than the most massive black hole ever found, which is 21 billion solar masses. For comparison, the black hole at the center of the Milky Way totals only 4 solar masses . This newly found black hole lies in the center of the galaxy NGC 1600, which lies 200 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Eridanus. Supermassive black holes likely form by taking in lots of dust…

different. The first way that the universe would be different is that the stars would be so much different because they wouldn't be close enough to be called a…

distance to them from the Milky-Way. Hubble was able to detect nine other new galaxies. Later, in 1925, Hubble came up with a galaxy classification system, which breaks down, or classifies galaxies. Hubble continued to work with galaxies, discovering the distances of over 20 galaxies from the Milky-Way. Perhaps Hubble’s greatest discovery came when he made Hubble’s Law. His law made two important conclusions: One was that distant galaxies seemed to be moving away from the MIlky-Way. Second, the…

brings many of winter’s best sights into view in the east, and it’s not too cold yet in the mid-northern latitudes. Even though the Autumn season is firmly in place, not all of the summer Milky Way has been lost. A short drive into the countryside away from city lights will reveal an impressive view. The Milky Way climbs up from the southwest horizon, passes a few bright stars, divides in two, and then rejoins high overhead. From there it heads toward the northeast where it flows down to greet…

To humans who live on Earth, we perceive Earth as a large mass of land that has been around for about 4.6 billion years. But the Earth is only a small part of what makes up the Universe. Earth is located in the Milky Way Galaxy, and contains billions of stars, which is only a small fraction of the 100 billion galaxies. While the Universe has been around for roughly 13.82 billion years, everyday we learn more and more about the complexities that were once hidden from us. One of the main things…