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There's something mysterious and invisible hiding at the centre of our galaxy, scientists suggest
It feels like every other day now, new research emerges which manages to turn our understanding of the universe completely on ...
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100 years ago, Edwin Hubble proved our Milky Way galaxy isn't alone
Hubble revealed a universe of galaxies that existed beyond ours — but he couldn't have done it without a little help.
X-ray echoes reveal 3D structure of molecular clouds in our galaxy's center
Researchers from the University of Connecticut have created the first 3D maps of star-forming gas clouds in one of the most ...
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Astronomers Capture First Clear Image of a Star Beyond Our Galaxy
Astronomers have achieved a groundbreaking feat by capturing the first clear image of a star in another galaxy. This ...
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Andromeda galaxy: The violent history of our closest cosmic neighbor
Hubble Space Telescope mapped Andromeda, revealing a chaotic history shaped by mergers. A 2.5-billion-pixel mosaic shows 200 ...
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope creates largest photomosaic ever made of "train wreck" Andromeda galaxy with over 2.5 billion pixels
The magnificent Andromeda galaxy (Messier 31), stands out as the most important nearby stellar island to our Milky Way, and ...
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Panorama of our nearest galactic neighbor unveils hundreds of millions of stars
The Hubble Space Telescope has generated the most comprehensive survey yet of the Andromeda galaxy, the nearest galactic ...
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The carbon in our bodies probably left the galaxy and came back on cosmic 'conveyer belt'
Scientists recently discovered that the giant 'conveyer belt' currents that push star-forged material out of our galaxy and pull it back in can also transport carbon atoms. That means that a good deal ...