Milky Way

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Weather-permitting, and when conditions are right, the Highlands offers the chance to see the Milky Way and displays of the aurora borealis - the Northern Lights.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

One of the most surprising discoveries involved the Sagittarius Arm, a region of the Milky Way where the magnetic field appears to reverse direction.

From Science Daily • May 20, 2026

The mission is expected to dramatically expand the study of microlensing and uncover hidden populations of objects throughout the Milky Way, including rogue planets and stellar remnants such as neutron stars.

From Science Daily • May 15, 2026

Using advanced simulations of the Milky Way and predictions of Roman's future observations, researchers found the space telescope could detect and study dozens of isolated neutron stars through a phenomenon known as gravitational microlensing.

From Science Daily • May 15, 2026

Later, the stars wander out of their nursery to seek their fortunes in the Milky Way, stellar adolescents still surrounded by tuffs of glowing nebulosity, residues still gravitationally attached of their amniotic gas.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan