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ESO astronomers present building block of Milky Way's bulge

According to astronomers with the European Southern Observatory (ESO), a misfit crowd of stars may be some of the original builders of our Milky Way's central bulge.

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Hubble images reveal galaxy similar to Milky Way

The Hubble Space Telescope has taken a picture of a barred spiral galaxy — a galaxy similar to our own and expected to give astronomers a better insight into the Milky Way.

Striking galaxy image from Hubble

The Hubble space telescope captures an image of a "barred spiral" galaxy that could help us better understand our own Milky Way.

Black hole 'vaporising asteroids'

For years scientists have been trying to explain the reason why a giant black hole at the centre of the Milky Way has bright flares coming out from its centre.

Picture captures a billion stars

Two UK-developed telescopes are used to make a colossal picture of our Milky Way Galaxy, to reveal the detail of a billion stars.

Study says every star has planets

Every star in the Milky Way is host to at least one planet, say astronomers reporting at the American Astronomical Society meeting.