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Gaia Finds 6,594 Solar Twins, Pointing to a Mass Outward Migration 4–6 Billion Years Ago

Researchers link the age peak to bar-driven outward drift, with the timing and dynamics still unconfirmed.

ALMA Unveils Record 650-Light-Year Mosaic of the Milky Way’s Turbulent Core

Bayesian Study Finds Hidden Nearby Alien Signals Unlikely, Urges Galaxy-Wide SETI Surveys

Breakthrough Listen Reports Candidate Millisecond Pulsar Near Sagittarius A*

Dark Matter Core Model Challenges Black Hole at Milky Way’s Center

Saturn-Mass Rogue Planet Gets First Direct Mass and Distance Measurement

January Night Sky: Jupiter’s Opposition Leads a Busy Month for Central Europe

New Images and Holiday Sky Guides Spotlight the Christmas Tree Cluster

Galaxies Are Cooling as Star Birth Slows, New Euclid–Herschel Analysis Suggests

NASA Details Roman Telescope’s Milky Way Map and Dark Energy Void Surveys as Launch Prep Advances

Astronomers Report Possible Dark Matter Signal in Fermi Gamma-Ray Data

Study of Fermi Data Reports 20 GeV Gamma-Ray Halo Consistent With Dark Matter Near Milky Way Center

AI-HPC Breakthrough Delivers First Star-by-Star Milky Way Simulation

New Moon Early Nov. 20 to Bring November’s Darkest Night

AI-Powered Simulation Models the Milky Way Star by Star for the First Time

GRAVITY+ Laser Guide Stars Open Southern Sky for VLTI After First Tests

Astronomers Unveil Largest Low-Frequency Radio Color Map of the Milky Way

eROSITA Map Reveals Interstellar Tunnel From Local Hot Bubble Toward Centaurus

New Simulations Revive Dark-Matter Explanation for Milky Way’s Gamma-Ray Glow

Simulations Show Dark Matter Could Explain Milky Way’s Central Gamma-Ray Excess