They thought space was quiet. Empty. Cold. But now, astronomers have discovered that our galaxy is actually burning — from the inside out. Across the Milky Way, something is happening: massive starbursts, violent explosions, and clouds of superheated gas are lighting up regions of space like never before. It’s not a metaphor. Parts of our galaxy are literally on fire — and scientists are scrambling to figure out what's fueling the flames. Is it a new phase of galactic evolution? A warning sign of cosmic collapse? Or something we’ve never seen before? 💥 LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, and COMMENT what you think is setting the galaxy ablaze — and stick around for more space revelations that might just change how you see the universe.
Credit: Milky Way Untangled: By ESA/NASA/JPL-Caltech, https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA18913 Star Map of the Milky Way's Outer Halo: By NASA/ESA/JPL-Caltech/Conroy et. al. 2021, https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA24571 NASA – Turning Black Holes: By NASA Goddard, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NASA_-_Turning_Black_Holes_into_Dark_Matter_Labs_n_HlPxZUkIo.webm Galaxy Collision Simulation: By NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio – KBR Wyle Services, LLC/Paul Morris, ADNET Systems, Inc./Aaron E. Lepsch, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Galaxy_Collision_Simulation_(Dome_Version)_(SVS14656).webm Rayleigh-Taylor Instabilities in Supernovae Explosions: By NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio – Bruce Fryxell, Pamela ONeil, Dave Arnett, Ewald Muller, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rayleigh-Taylor_Instabilities_in_Supernovae_Explosions-_Hydrogen_Mass_Fraction_(SVS40).webm Cosmic Origins Spectrograph: By NASA/Kim Shiflett, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cosmic_Origins_Spectrograph.jpg CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/igo/: Gaia tracing starry strings in the Milky Way: By European Space Agency, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gaia_tracing_starry_strings_in_the_Milky_Way_ESA426890.webm Gaia discovers a unique black hole: By European Space Agency, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gaia_discovers_a_unique_black_hole_ESA477180.webm Orbits of the nearby stars around the galaxy: By European Space Agency, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Orbits_of_the_nearby_stars_around_the_galaxy_ESA445389.webm CC BY 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/: Simulation – A Disk Galaxy Forms: By APOD Videos, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Simulation_%E2%80%93_A_Disk_Galaxy_Forms.webm Galaxy Collision Animation: By James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Galaxy_Collision_Animation-_James_Webb_Space_Telescope_Science.webm Cartwheel galaxy simulation: By Valentin Perret, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cartwheel_galaxy_simulation.webm CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/: Outflow from active galaxy: By ESO/M. Kornmesser, Nick Risinger, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Outflow_from_active_galaxy_NGC_3783_(artist%E2%80%99s_impression).ogv Merging galaxies: By Igor Zinchenko, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Merging_galaxies.ogv Artist’s impression of the expected dark matter: By ESO/L. Calçada, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Artist%E2%80%99s_impression_of_the_expected_dark_matter_distribution_around_the_Milky_Way.ogv A slice through the Universe: By ESO, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_slice_through_the_Universe.webm Animation is created by Bright Side. —————————————————————————————- Music from TheSoul Sound: https://thesoul-sound.com/ Check our Bright Side podcast on Spotify and leave a positive review! https://open.spotify.com/show/0hUkPxD34jRLrMrJux4VxV Subscribe to Bright Side: https://goo.gl/rQTJZz —————————————————————————————- Our Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brightside Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brightside.official TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@brightside.official?lang=en Telegram: https://t.me/bright_side_official Stock materials (photos, footages and other): https://www.depositphotos.com https://www.shutterstock.com https://www.eastnews.ru —————————————————————————————- For more videos and articles visit: http://www.brightside.me —————————————————————————————- This video is made for entertainment purposes. We do not make any warranties about the completeness, safety and reliability. Any action you take upon the information in this video is strictly at your own risk, and we will not be liable for any damages or losses. It is the viewer's responsibility to use judgement, care and precaution if you plan to replicate.
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