This photo shows a view captured by a Wide-field X-ray Telescope (WXT) directed at the center of the Milky Way for around 40,000 seconds. (The National Space Science Center of the Chinese Academy of S
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New study reveals origin of ultra-compact dwarf galaxies
BEIJING, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) — A research team led by Chinese astronomers has, for the first time, observed the complete process of dwarf galaxies evolving into ultra-compact dwarf galaxies (UCDs), accor
Chinese astronomers transform understanding of Milky Way\’s spiral structure
BEIJING, May 17 (Xinhua) — Chinese astronomers have recently transformed our understanding of the spiral structure of the Milky Way. They determined that it is more like a common multiple-arm galaxy,