Small Magellanic Cloud

  • Exploring Galaxy Clusters

    Exploring Galaxy Clusters

    What if we were to travel beyond our own Milky Way Galaxy, and foray out into the galactic wilderness of deep space? What do you think we’d expect to find? Would we find galaxies spread out apart from one another,…

    Continue reading →

  • The Different Shapes of Galaxies

    The Different Shapes of Galaxies

    By now, we’ve spent a heck of a lot of time exploring spiral galaxies. It makes sense — they’re certainly the most photogenic. Seriously. Do me a favor and do a quick Google search for galaxies. When I did, nearly…

    Continue reading →

  • The Milky Way Demystified

    The Milky Way Demystified

    Alright, people…time to finish off our exploration of the Milky Way Galaxy, our home in the cosmos! For the past nine weeks, we’ve covered everything from how our galaxy was “discovered” to how it may have formed. But there’s so…

    Continue reading →

  • How Did the Milky Way Form?

    How Did the Milky Way Form?

    Over the course of my last eight posts, we’ve covered just about everything there is to cover about our home galaxy — or, well, at least the basics. We’ve explored how astronomers first discovered what that incredible, milky stream of…

    Continue reading →