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Our Sun may have escaped the Milky Way’s center with thousands of twin stars
Astronomers have uncovered signs that our Sun may have taken part in a large-scale movement of similar stars that left…
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Our sun might be a migrant from the inner Milky Way
A new study suggests our sun might be a migrant from a more central region of our home galaxy, the…
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Puppis the Stern, adrift on the Milky Way
The former constellation Argo Navis the Ship is now the modern constellations Puppis the Stern, Vela the Sails and Carina…
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ALMA captures the most detailed image ever of the Milky Way’s turbulent core
Astronomers have unveiled a striking new view of the center of the Milky Way, exposing an intricate network of cosmic…
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Astronomers discover giant cosmic sheet around the Milky Way
Nearly a century ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble discovered that almost all galaxies are receding from the Milky Way. This observation…
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Heart of our Milky Way revealed in new radio image
This brief video gives you a look at the new image of the Milky Way center taken in radio wavelengths.…
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Something strange is happening in the Milky Way’s magnetic field
For generations, scientists have studied the stars and planets to better understand how our galaxy works. Now, Dr. Jo-Anne Brown,…
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Milky Way and Andromeda held together by dark matter sheet
Simulated movement and speed (indicated by the length of the arrows) of objects surrounding the Local Group of galaxies, which…
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Ultra-fast pulsar found near the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole
Scientists at Columbia University working with Breakthrough Listen, a research initiative focused on searching for signs of civilizations beyond Earth,…
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Dark matter could be masquerading as a black hole at the Milky Way’s core
Astronomers say the Milky Way may not contain a supermassive black hole at its center after all. Instead, the galaxy’s…
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