We Found Something Unexpected at the Heart of the Milky Way

The weirdest things we found hiding in our galaxy. The Astrum book is still available in the US! Get your hands on one here: https://astrumspace.co/ ▀▀▀▀▀▀ This Astrum supercut is a complete guide to the Milky Way. We’ll dig into the weirdest discoveries in our own cosmic backyard, reveal the mysterious structures hiding at the galactic centre, and find out what our home galaxy really looks like. If we can map galaxies billions of light-years away... why is our own home still such an enigma? To those returning and new to the channel: This video is a supercut of Astrum’s best videos about the Milky Way, plus new and updated content. We’ve edited this into a new seamless video, remastered in 4K resolution, and re-recorded the older voiceover to match the quality of the recent episodes. ▀▀▀▀▀▀ 0:00 The Milky Way 1:16 What Does It Look Like? 7:31 Gaia 16:12 VISTA 19:38 The VVV Survey 23:23 Cepheid Variable Stars 29:19 Ancient Stars 33:53 Spiral Galaxies 35:18 Density Waves 37:10 Dark Matter 41:30 We Live in a Hot Bubble 49:54 We’re Not From Here 52:24 Superbubbles 55:49 Heart of the Milky Way 58:59 Mysterious Strands 1:01:53 MeerKAT Telescope 1:09:46 Supermassive Black Hole 1:14:32 Alien Signals 1:16:29 Will Quasars Destroy Us? 1:22:59 Jets ▀▀▀▀▀▀ To stay on top of space news, sign up to the Astrum newsletter: https://astrumspace.kit.com A huge thanks to our Patreons who help make these videos possible. Sign-up here to support the channel: https://bit.ly/4aiJZNF Astrum Displate Posters: https://displate.com/artist/astrumspace?art=5f04759ac338b Astrum Merch: https://astrum-shop.fourthwall.com/ Join us on the Astrum discord: https://discord.gg/TKw8Hpvtv8 ▀▀▀▀▀▀ Astrum Podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6jPRrbq3o3dpvBb173ZTKi?si=a90d3efe3b704c83 Astrum Earth: https://youtube.com/@AstrumEarth Astrum Extra: https://www.youtube.com/@astrumextra Astrum Spanish: https://www.youtube.com/@astrumespanol Astrum Portuguese: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChn_-OwvV63mr1yeUGvH-BQ ▀▀▀▀▀▀ References: “Our Milky Way Galaxy: How Big Is Space?”, via nasa.gov https://astrumspace.info/milkyway “Parallax”, via esa.int https://astrumspace.info/parallax “Gaia’s Decade of Discoveries”, via esa.int https://astrumspace.info/gaiadecade “ESO Telescope Captures the Most Detailed Infrared Map Ever of Our Milky Way”, via eso.org https://astrumspace.info/esoirmap “The VVV Survey: Globular Clusters and More”, via harvard.edu https://astrumspace.info/vvvsurvey “The Milky Way Galaxy Overview”, via lco.global https://astrumspace.info/mwgalaxy “Local Hot Bubble”, via harvard.edu https://astrumspace.info/localhotbubble “New MeerKAT Radio Image Reveals Complex Heart of the Milky Way”, via sarao.ac.za https://astrumspace.info/meerkatimage “Investigation of the Microquasar SS 433”, via arxiv.org https://astrumspace.info/ss433 “Sagittarius A*”, via harvardmagazine.com https://astrumspace.info/sgrastar ▀▀▀▀▀▀ Credits: Writer: Jon McColgan Video Editor: Nathália Huzian Audio Editor: James Horsley Researcher: Shourya Shrivastava Script Editor: Damaris McColgan Thumbnail Designers: Peter Sheppard, Juane Dames Publishing Lead: Georgina Brenner Production Coordinator: Rose Unwin Edit Producer: Poppy Pinnock Head of Astrum: Jess Jordan Creator of Astrum: Alex McColgan With special thanks to: NASA/ESO/ESA #Astrum #Space #MilkyWay