News Astronomy New sky map: Look, Ma, no Milky Way! Share this:EmailFacebookTwitterPinterestPocketRedditPrint By Ron Cowen November 20, 2002 at 11:00 am Milky Way, begone! Bright galaxies and gas clouds in the southern sky imaged by HIPASS. These galaxies, some newly visible, lie in strings and sheets rather than fill the sky uniformly. Images: B.S. Koribalski, In this image, which records hydrogen gas from our galaxy and its neighbors, the Milky Way galaxy (bottom) pulls gas from two nearby galaxies (upper left). Among the string of dots at the right is a previously unseen gas cloud. On a clear night, the starlit swath of our home galaxy stretches across the sky like a diamond bracelet. But to More Stories from Science News on Astronomy Space Meet Porphyrion, the largest pair of black hole jets ever seen By Lisa Grossman7 hours ago Space How a dying star is similar to a lava lamp By Lisa GrossmanSeptember 16, 2024 Space The historic ‘Wow!’ signal may finally have a source. Sorry, it’s not aliens By Lisa GrossmanAugust 21, 2024 Astronomy The nearest midsized black hole might instead be a horde of lightweights By Ken CroswellAugust 20, 2024 Astronomy A distant quasar may be zapping all galaxies around itself By Ken CroswellAugust 16, 2024 Astronomy Some meteors leave trails lasting up to an hour. Now we may know why By Lisa GrossmanAugust 8, 2024 Astronomy The North Star is much heavier than previously thought By Ken CroswellJuly 25, 2024 Astronomy A middleweight black hole has been spotted for the first time in our galaxy By Lisa GrossmanJuly 10, 2024