Milky Way

Keralite scientist behind naming of rare Milky Way gas cloud as Gangotri Wave

December 18, 2021

Keralite scientist behind naming of rare Milky Way gas cloud as Gangotri Wave

Dr V S Veena, a Humboldt post-doctoral fellow, is a native of Vadavathur, near the Kottayam town of Kerala.

August 02, 2019
Astronomers find that Milky Way is a warped and twisted galaxy

The researchers on Thursday unveiled a three-dimensional map of the Milky Way providing a comprehensive chart of its structure: a stellar disk comprised of four major spiral arms and a bar-shaped core region.