What is the Hubble Deep Field?
In 1995, the Hubble Space Telescope stared at a tiny, seemingly empty patch of sky and revealed thousands of galaxies in what's called the Hubble Deep Field image.
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Will the Milky Way crash into Andromeda?
The Milky Way is expected to merge with the Andromeda Galaxy in about 4.5 billion years.
What shape is the Milky Way?
The Milky Way is a barred spiral galaxy.
What is the Local Group?
The Milky Way is part of a group of galaxies called the Local Group.
When was the first image of a black hole taken?
The first image of a black hole, in the galaxy M87, was released in 2019.