Galactic Center

‘Immortal stars’ could be feasting on dark matter at the heart of the Milky Way

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“All good things must come to an end.” That adage applies both in the cosmos and on Earth. We are aware that stars, like everything else, must die. When the fuel supply needed for nuclear fusion in their cores runs out, stars of all sizes collapse under their own gravity and die out, forming a … Read more

Listen to a symphony for the Milky Way, created from real NASA data (video)

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Sophie Kastner is a composer who has translated the unlistenable into songs and converted nuanced data from the heart of our Galaxy into the notes of a dissonant symphony. “It’s like writing a fictional story based largely on real facts,” she said in one rack. Her piece ‘Where Parallel Lines Converge’ is based on a … Read more