SENRYU 0470

while searching silence—
once again swirling stardust
landed in my heart

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#milkyway #galacticcenter #QuarterQuadrilleQuaiku #haiku #senryu #senryusunday #senryu0470

Millisecond Pulsars, a Galactic-Center Candidate, and Renewed Debate Over Extraterrestrial Engineering The host of The Angry Astronaut outlines how millisecond pulsars function as ultra-stable astrophysical clocks and explores recent findings, including a reported candidate pulsar near the Milky Way’s central black hole. The discussion contrasts established formation models with speculative proposals that some pulsars could be engineered by advanced civilizations, while emphasizing mainstream scientific caution.

Millisecond pulsars are ultra-stable astrophysical clocks. A candidate near the Milky Way's central black hole renews debate: natural formation vs possible extraterrestrial engineering, while mainstream scientists urge caution. #Pulsars #GalacticCenter #SETI

The Galactic Defrag: Clearing at $27^\circ$ Sagittarius 🌀 #GalacticCenter #Awakening

Detection of Millimeter-wavelength Flares from Two Accreting White Dwarf Systems in the SPT-3G Galactic Plane Survey Blind discoveries of millimeter-wave transient events in nontargeted surveys, as opposed to follow-up or pointed observations, have only become possible in the past decade using cosmic microwave background surveys. Here we present the first results from the SPT-3G Galactic Plane

📄 Detection of Millimeter-wavelength Flares from Two Accreting White Dw…

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Wan, Y. et al. (2026) · The Astrophysical Journal
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DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ae2de8

#Astronomy #Astrophysics #MillimeterAstronomy #Surveys #GalacticCenter

VizieR J/A+A/704/A295

New in the #VirtualObservatory: “ISM phases and abundances in the central parsec” by Vermot P. et al.
cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/A+A/704/A2...
#InfraredAstronomy #Spectroscopy #GalacticCenter

Des indices de matière noire au centre galactique La matière noire montre-telle enfin le bout de son nez ? De mystérieuses sources de rayons gamma observées au centre de notre galaxie pourraient être la manifestation de cette matière.

Des indices de matière noire émergent au centre de notre galaxie, relançant le débat sur l’invisible qui façonne l’Univers.
www.sciencesetavenir.fr/espace/astro...
#Space #Science #Innovation #Astrophysics #GalacticCenter #DarkMatter #CosmicMystery

Des indices de matière noire au centre galactique La matière noire montre-telle enfin le bout de son nez ? De mystérieuses sources de rayons gamma observées au centre de notre galaxie pourraient être la manifestation de cette matière.

Des indices de matière noire émergent au centre de notre galaxie, relançant le débat sur l’invisible qui façonne l’Univers.
www.sciencesetavenir.fr/espace/astro...
#Space #Science #Innovation #Astrophysics #GalacticCenter #DarkMatter #CosmicMystery

#Blackhole #galaxy'scenter #NGC1068 #NASA #Hubble #MilkyWay #Space #Universe #Art #Nature #Journey #science #Alart #Discovery #GalacticCenter

The Milky Way’s Dark Heart Shaped Like a Box, New Simulations Show The Milky Way’s dark heart may be shaped like a box, new simulations show dark matter annihilation could explain gamma-ray exc...

#Research #AstronomyResearch #Astrophysics […]

[Original post on nasaspacenews.com]

Our New Galactic Address: We're Closer to the Milky Way's Heart 🗺️ A Brand-New Cosmic AddressWhere exactly is our Solar System in the grand spiral of the Milky Way?

www.myscrappydays.com/news.php?slu... — Our New Galactic Address: We're Closer to the Milky Way's Heart - 🗺️ A Brand-New Cosmic AddressWhere exactly is our Solar System in the grand spiral of the Milky Way?… #MilkyWay #SolarSystem #SagittariusA #Galacticcenter #VERA #Astronomy #Space #Blackhole

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Dark Matter Could Color Our View of the Universe Through Photon Scattering Effects Dark matter could color our view of the universe by blue-shifting or red-shifting light through gravitational vers...

#Research #Astrophysics #CosmicSpectroscopy #DarkMatter […]

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The centre of our galaxy may be teeming with dark matter particles A mysterious excess of gamma rays in the middle of the Milky Way may come from dark matter particles smashing into one another and annihilating

The centre of our galaxy may be teeming with dark matter particles #Science #Space #Astrophysics #DarkMatter #GalacticCenter

VizieR J/A+A/701/A270

New in the #VirtualObservatory: “GaiaUnlimited. Milky Way red clump catalogue” by Khanna S. et al.
cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/A+A/701/A2...
#StellarPopulations #GalacticCenter #MilkyWayGalaxy #StellarDistance

VizieR J/MNRAS/515/4574

New in the #VirtualObservatory: “Pulsation study of 176 HADS stars with OGLE” by Netzel H. et al.
cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/MNRAS/515/...
#GalacticCenter #StellarAges #EffectiveTemperature #Metallicity

VizieR J/ApJ/949/18

New in the #VirtualObservatory: “Stellar pop. in the central 0.5pc of the GC. III.” by Jia S. et al.
https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/ApJ/949/18
#GalacticCenter #InfraredAstronomy #Spectroscopy #RadialVelocity

VizieR J/ApJ/948/94

New in the #VirtualObservatory: “Binary stars from long-term obs. of the Gal. center” by Chu D.S. et al.
https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/ApJ/948/94
#SpectroscopicBinaryStars #StellarMasses #GalacticCenter #InfraredAstronomy

'Ice cube' clouds discovered at the galaxy's center shouldn't exist — and they hint at a recent black hole explosion Twin orbs of superhot plasma at the Milky Way's center known as the

'Ice cube' clouds discovered at the galaxy's center shouldn't exist — and they hint at a recent black hole explosion #Science #Space #Astrophysics #BlackHole #GalacticCenter #AstrophysicsDiscoveries

𝑭𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒊𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒔. 𝑳𝒆𝒕’𝒔 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒊𝒕 𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓, 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒍𝒚, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒇𝒖𝒍. *Title of the Work: Image of the Milky Way core, captured with iPhone 16 Pro; Atacama Desert in Chile. *Type of Work: Photography *Creator/Author: ©Yuri Beletsky© *Original Platform: 𝕏 (@YBeletsky) *Posting: July 15, 2025 *Description or Context: Image of the Milky Way core, captured with iPhone 16 Pro; Atacama Desert in Chile. 𝐋𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐔𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞: 𝐔𝐧𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧. 𝐍𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 — 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲, 𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐧-𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐮𝐬𝐞 — 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐮𝐬𝐞.

They said I wasn’t worth it. But the stars? They never needed a reason. They see I’m part of them. They just stay—bright, loyal. Every night. Teaching me their presence in pristinely clear skies.

#Photography #GalacticCenter #MilkyWayCore #SkyPhotography #AtacamaDesert #Chile #iPhone16Pro

Dark Dwarfs: The Cosmic Clue That Could Reveal Dark Matter’s Secrets In the heart of our Milky Way, hidden behind veils of dust and mystery, a new kind of celestial object may be quietly glowing....

#Comets #JWST #Moon #News #DarkMatter #Astrophysics #JWST […]

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Galactic Mystery: How “Ice Cubes” Survive in the Milky Way’s Blazing Bubbles - National Radio Astronomy Observatory A team of astronomers has made a surprising discovery using the U.S. National Science Foundation Green Bank Telescope (NSF...

🧊✨ Galactic mystery unlocked!!
Astronomers have figured out how icy gas clouds—like cosmic "ice cubes"—survive the scorching outflows from the Milky Way’s center.
Amazing work from the Bordoloi group!🔭
🔗 tinyurl.com/musam7dw
#MilkyWay #GalacticCenter #Astrophysics

VizieR J/A+A/698/A313

New in the #VirtualObservatory: “Galactic centre X-ray reflection map” by Anastasopoulou K. et al.
cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/A+A/698/A3...
#MilkyWayGalaxy #GalacticCenter #XRaySources

Hubble Captures an Active Galactic Center 2 min read Hubble Captures an Active Galactic Center This Hubble image shows the spiral galaxy UGC 11397. ESA/Hubble & NASA, M. J. Koss, A. J. Barth The light that the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope collected...

Hubble Captures an Active Galactic Center #Science #Space #Astrophysics #HubbleSpaceTelescope #GalacticCenter

Infrared image of the Galactic Center, showing nearly a million stars in the central region of the Milky Way galaxy. The image reveals the galactic plane as a dark diagonal dust lane, with the bright Galactic Center located on the right, approximately 30,000 light-years away in the constellation Sagittarius. Dust grains, formed in red giant stars and molecular clouds, obscure visible light, but glow in infrared, allowing this view of the crowded stellar region.

Astronomy Picture from 16/07/2006

The Galactic Center in Infrared

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap060716.html


#GalacticCenter #MilkyWay #InfraredAstronomy #Space #Stars #Cosmology #AstronomyPhotography #Astrophysics #BlackHole #Sagittarius

Struggling Stars: Why the Milky Way’s Center Isn’t Bursting with Life The center of our galaxy has the raw materials to build stars—but it’s strangely silent. Why are stellar nurseries there underperforming?

The center of our galaxy has the raw materials to build stars—but it’s strangely silent. Why are stellar nurseries there underperforming? #GalacticCenter #StarFormation #SETI

A stunning panoramic view of the Milky Way galaxy, captured by the Pan-STARRS observatory in Haleakala, Maui. The image showcases the galactic center at the bottom, cosmic dust clouds, and densely packed star fields across the sky. This all-sky projection is from the second data release of the Pan-STARRS survey, one of the largest digital sky surveys in the world, and was instrumental in detecting the interstellar object 'Oumuamua.

Astronomy Picture from 05/04/2019

Pan-STARRS Across the Sky

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap190405.html


#PanSTARRS #MilkyWay #GalacticCenter #Astrophotography #Space #Astronomy #Hawaii #Haleakala #Oumuamua #DigitalSkySurvey #Cosmos #Stars #DeepSpace #Universe

A high-resolution radio image of the Milky Way's galactic center, revealing intricate structures like arcs, threads, and supernova remnants. The bright region, Sagittarius A*, is suspected to harbor a supermassive black hole. This image from the Very Large Array showcases the dynamic and enigmatic nature of our galaxy's core.

Astronomy Picture from 03/08/2002

The Galactic Center - A Radio Mystery

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap020803.html


#MilkyWayCenter #GalacticCenter #RadioAstronomy #VLA #BlackHole #SupernovaRemnants #CosmicThreads #Astrophysics #SpaceExploration #AstronomyImage #SagittariusA #DeepSpace

The Galactic Center Struggles to Form Massive Stars Gas clouds in the Milky Way's Galactic Center contain copious amounts of star-forming gas. But for some reason, few massive stars form there, even though similar gas clouds elsewhere in the galaxy easily...

The Galactic Center Struggles to Form Massive Stars #Science #Space #Astronomy #GalacticCenter #MassiveStars #Astrophysics

A stunning radio image of the Milky Way's center captured by the MeerKAT telescope in South Africa. The image reveals intricate details of Sgr A* (the supermassive black hole), the Arc, and numerous filamentary structures, all rendered in fiery orange hues against a deep red backdrop. The vast image spans four times the Moon's angular size, showcasing the power of radio astronomy to penetrate interstellar dust and unveil the heart of our galaxy.

Astronomy Picture from 08/07/2019

The Galactic Center in Radio from MeerKAT

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap190708.html


#MeerKAT #RadioAstronomy #GalacticCenter #MilkyWay #SupermassiveBlackHole #SgrA #Sagittarius #Astrophysics #Space #Astronomy #Cosmology #DeepSpace #RadioWaves #Science

Infrared image from the Gemini North telescope showing the Galactic Center. A detailed closeup reveals IRS8, a star moving rapidly and creating a bow shock as it collides with gas and dust. The image showcases the telescope's adaptive optics technology.

Astronomy Picture from 17/10/2000

Gemini North Images Bow Shock Near Galactic Center

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap001017.html


#GalacticCenter #MilkyWay #Stars #BlackHole #GeminiNorth #AdaptiveOptics #Astronomy #Space #BowShock #IRS8 #Infrared #NewDiscovery #StarCollision

Stunning image of the M7 open star cluster in Scorpius, captured at Kitt Peak National Observatory. This ancient cluster, visible to the naked eye, features bright blue stars, a dark dust cloud, and a backdrop of millions of stars towards the Galactic center. The image highlights the cluster's approximately 100 stars spanning 25 light-years, located about 1000 light-years away.

Astronomy Picture from 06/04/2005

The M7 Open Star Cluster in Scorpius

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap050406.html


#M7 #OpenCluster #StarCluster #Scorpius #DeepSkyObject #Astrophotography #KittPeak #Astronomy #Space #Stars #MilkyWay #GalacticCenter #Cosmology