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100 years ago: Edwin Hubble proved the Milky Way is not the only galaxy in the universe
In the 1920s, astronomers thought that the Milky Way was the entire universe. Hubble's discovery revealed a much bigger ...
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The best objects to view and photograph along the Milky Way
Visual observers and astrophotographers alike can find something amazing to observe along the plane of our galaxy.
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Two enormous "bubbles" discovered towering above and below our Milky Way galaxy
In the heart of our Milky Way galaxy, two gigantic "bubbles" extend roughly 50,000 light-years above and below the galactic ...
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Andromeda Galaxy: 10 Surprising Facts About Milky Way’s Nearest Galaxy
In about 4.5 billion years, the Andromeda Galaxy will collide with the Milky Way, resulting in a spectacular cosmic collision! Don’t worry, though – the distances between stars are vast ...
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Study claims the Milky Way is missing almost half of its regular matter
If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. A new study pre-published on the arXiv servers suggests that the Milky Way is missing ...
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Facts about the wonders of outer space
The universe is vast and our journey to understand it has just begun.
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A giant radio galaxy could be home to almost 30 Milky Way galaxies
Giant radio galaxies (GRGs) are massive, with plasma jets powered by supermassive black holes at their centers, stretching ...
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Milky Way’s Black Hole Just Lit Up in a Way We’ve Never Seen Before
Image: CfA/Mel Weiss Astronomers have detected a mid-infrared flare from the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way galaxy for the very first time, and it’s shedding new light on ...