is one of the richest star fields in the whole sky — the Large Sagittarius Star Cloud. The huge number of stars that light up this region dramatically emphasise the blackness of dark clouds like ...

This is high-end real estate for vast star clouds and stunning nebulae. The Large Sagittarius Star Cloud is the brightest stretch of road along the Milky Way and the innermost galactic structure ...

For many observers, the Milky Way’s prime attraction is the northern galactic bulge from the Large Sagittarius Star Cloud up to the territory of Aquila the Eagle. Northern Hemisphere observers ...

Charles Messier first noted the Small Sagittarius Star Cloud (M24) on June 20, 1764. He subsequently recalled it as a “large nebulosity in which there are several stars of different magnitudes ...

Here in the direction of the central region of our galaxy is the great Sagittarius star cloud, brightest and grandest of all the regions which form the framework of our home galaxy. Here the band ...

That led to an unexpected discovery: many of these stars do not trace back to Sagittarius A* at all. Instead, their trajectories suggest they came from the Large Magellanic Cloud. “We find that half ...