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We found our galactic twin 180 million light years away

We found our galactic twin 180 million light years away

14 November 2017

Astronomers have spotted a trio of galaxies that look remarkably like the giant spiral of the Milky Way and its two brightest companions, the Magellanic Clouds
Protoplanetary disc around young star TW Hydrae.

Earth may have been born in a huge flare-up of the young sun

8 May 2017

A sudden brightening of the infant sun – called an FU Orionis outburst – could have melted dust grains and made them stick together, building our world

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