One of the more interesting “end-of-the-world-on-Dec.-21” predictions involves our Milky Way galaxy. Actually, there are several versions of this one. Today we'll present a few of them, and show how ...

Physicists at nearly a dozen research institutions, including New York University, have discovered evidence for very high energy gamma rays emitting from the Milky Way, marking the highest energies ...

Do you remember the dire prediction back in 1986 that a lineup of the planets would destroy human civilization? We’re still here, right? And Classic Coke even survived! Well, another forecast of doom ...

Context. The definition of the Galactic coordinate system was announced by the IAU Sub-Commission 33b on behalf of the IAU in 1958. An unrigorous transformation was adopted by the Hipparcos group to ...

HOWEVER discordant the present views in astronomy are, they all concur in considering Milky Way clouds as real agglomerations of stars and regard the collection of stars surrounding the sun as one of ...

CONTINUUM observations of a small region near the galactic centre have been carried out by a number of authors over a large range of wavelengths. A strong peak of small angular diameter (Sagittarius A ...

Dec. 21, Wednesday, is the winter’s solstice. With only 9 hours and 22 minutes of light on that day, it is the darkest day of the year. This year’s solstice is particularly meaningful as we enter into ...