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Baby stars that defy explanation are ‘swarming like bees’ around Milky Way’s supermassive black hole
Inexplicably young stars are barreling through space at breakneck speeds as they circle precariously close to the supermassive black hole…
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The Milky Way’s Stars Reveal Its Turbulent Past
To make maps of these structures, astronomers turn to individual stars. Each star’s composition records its birthplace, age, and natal…
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The Milky Way is warped, and it might be the work of dark matter
The Milky Way is twisted, and astronomers may finally know why. They’re laying the blame on a football-shaped, tilted halo…
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Milky Way-like galaxies were common in early universe, find astronomers
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, an international team of researchers, including those at The University of Manchester in the…
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James Webb telescope spots thousands of Milky Way lookalikes that ‘shouldn’t exist’ swarming across the early universe
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has found more than 1,000 galaxies mysteriously resembling our own Milky Way hiding out…
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The Milky Way galaxy sparkles like fireworks in desert view (photo)
Miguel Claro is a professional photographer, author and science communicator based in Lisbon, Portugal, who creates spectacular images of the night…
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Green comet soars in stunning 3D image of the Milky Way (photo)
Miguel Claro is a professional photographer, author and science communicator based in Lisbon, Portugal, who creates spectacular images of the night…
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Milky Way’s cosmic neighbors help bring ancient galaxies into focus
Astronomers are spying on the Milky Way’s neighbors, assessing the amount of light that escapes from them and how this…
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The most elusive black holes in the universe could lurk at the Milky Way’s center
The most elusive black holes in the universe aren’t the big ones, or the small ones. They’re the medium ones…
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Green Monster’ supernova is the youngest in the Milky Way, James Webb telescope reveals
Astronomers have captured the sharpest image yet of the debris field of the Milky Way’s most recent known supernova. Cassiopeia…
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