Hacker News with Generative AI: Milky Way

Sky-scanning complete for Gaia (esa.int)
ESA’s Milky Way-mapper Gaia has completed the sky-scanning phase of its mission, racking up more than three trillion observations of about two billion stars and other objects over the last decade to revolutionise our view of our home galaxy and cosmic neighbourhood.

Space Exploration, Astronomy, Milky Way, ESA, Gaia

175 points by sohkamyung 3 days ago | 66 comments

Are there more trees on Earth than stars in the Milky Way? (2016) (snopes.com)
Although both figures are rough, a recent estimate for the number of trees on Earth exceeds the highest estimates for the number of stars in the Milky Way.

Science, Astronomy, Earth, Milky Way

108 points by alexmolas 16 days ago | 90 comments

First Actively Forming Galaxy as Lightweight as Young Milky Way (nasa.gov)
For the first time, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has detected and “weighed” a galaxy that not only existed around 600 million years after the big bang, but is also similar to what our Milky Way galaxy’s mass might have been at the same stage of development.

Space, Astronomy, Galaxies, Milky Way

19 points by gmays 32 days ago | 0 comments

First close-up image of a star outside Milky Way shows supergiant in 'cocoon' (theguardian.com)
A star cloaked in an egg-shaped cocoon has been revealed in the first detailed images of a star beyond the Milky Way.

Astronomy, Stars, Milky Way, Space Exploration

5 points by ljf 58 days ago | 0 comments

First image of our Milky Way's black hole may be inaccurate, scientists say (space.com)

Astronomy, Black Holes, Milky Way, Science

26 points by Stubb 71 days ago | 11 comments

ESO telescope captures the most detailed infrared map of the Milky Way (eso.org)
Astronomers have published a gigantic infrared map of the Milky Way containing more than 1.5 billion objects ― the most detailed one ever made.

Astronomy, Space Exploration, Milky Way, Infrared, Mapping

248 points by belter 109 days ago | 60 comments

ESO telescope captures the most detailed infrared map ever of our Milky Way (eso.org)
Astronomers have published a gigantic infrared map of the Milky Way containing more than 1.5 billion objects ― the most detailed one ever made.

Astronomy, Milky Way, Space Exploration, Infrared Mapping

9 points by layer8 112 days ago | 0 comments

The Magnetic Field of the Milky Way (2000) (cfa.harvard.edu)
There is strong evidence that the Milky Way contains an ordered, large-scale magnetic field.

Astrophysics, Milky Way, Magnetic Fields, Astronomy

94 points by vinnyglennon 127 days ago | 28 comments

Newly discovered star moves fast enough to escape the Milky Way galaxy (cnn.com)

Astronomy, Space, Milky Way, Stars

13 points by axiomdata316 149 days ago | 1 comments

Another intermediate-mass black hole discovered at the centre of our galaxy (uni-koeln.de)

Black Holes, Astronomy, Space, Milky Way

90 points by croes 180 days ago | 16 comments

Does the Milky Way orbit anything? (livescience.com)

Milky Way, Astronomy, Space, Cosmology

10 points by Brajeshwar 245 days ago | 0 comments

Three of the oldest stars in the universe found circling the Milky Way (news.mit.edu)