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Milky Way's disk grew 'upside down,' with younger stars forming in ever-thinner layers
Recent studies reveal the Milky Way's disk grew upside down, forming a flat shape over billions of years.
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Webb reveals metal-rich gas around Milky Way's central black hole
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First Green Star Adds to Milky Way's Rainbow
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Planetary genealogy: Milky Way worlds belong to 1 of 2 ‘families,’ scientists find
Scientists find Milky Way planetary systems belong to two distinct families shaped by host stars.
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Milky Way may have begun as thousands of galaxies, new simulations suggest
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Astronomers discover the 1st black hole powered 'microquasar' in the Milky Way
Astronomers discover the first black hole powered microquasar in the Milky Way galaxy, bringing a powerful cosmic jet directly toward Earth.
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Milky Way's first microblazar may produce fastest particles in the galaxy
Astronomers have identified the first microblazar in the Milky Way, a black hole directing a high-energy jet of particles directly toward Earth.
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Time is running out to see the Milky Way's brightest display in 2026
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A newly found star circles the Milky Way's central black hole every 8.7 years and passes it at about 25,000 kilometres a second, more than 8 percent of the speed of light, and the pass is so close that its discoverers say there is a fair chance of measuri
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Milky Way's own gravity can mimic dark matter clues, stellar stream simulations suggest
New computer simulations suggest that thin stellar streams in galaxies can be used to locate and measure elusive dark matter.
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This Star Whips Around the Milky Way’s Black Hole Faster and Closer Than Any Other Known Star
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A PhD student in Sydney just found a “Rosetta Stone” for years of unexplained radio bursts from the Milky Way: a dead star is stripping material from its companion in a 1.4-hour orbit, giving astronomers their clearest look yet at what produces at least s
A University of Sydney PhD student discovers a rare binary star system explaining long-standing Milky Way radio bursts.
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Scientists find closest star to the Milky Way’s central black hole
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Astronomers detect fastest known star in Milky Way
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Galactic archaeologists find stars in the Milky Way came from another galaxy 12 billion years ago
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The Milky Way’s Giant Neighbor, Andromeda, May Be Slowly Shutting Down New Stars
Andromeda’s star‑birth slowdown, hinted by Hubble and linked to a tiny neighbor, signals a possible quieting of our nearest giant galaxy.
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Astronomers use a trail of stars beyond the Milky Way to map a distant galaxy’s dark matter
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Webb reveals oxygen-rich dust and water surviving near Milky Way's central black hole
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Charting the galaxy: Milky Way Mapper survey releases latest all-sky spectra
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A Mystery Object in the Milky Way Is Blasting Out Particles 100 Times More Powerful Than the LHC
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Our Milky Way galaxy appears to have flipped 90 degrees long ago. But why?
Scientific coverage examines evidence suggesting our Milky Way galaxy underwent a dramatic 90-degree orientation flip in the distant past.
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Hubble telescope watches unique nova explosion fire cosmic 'bullets' through the Milky Way at 20 million mph
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Milky Way flipped in collision with dwarf galaxy 10bn years ago, astronomers say
Astronomers reveal that the Milky Way may have flipped by more than 90 degrees following a massive collision with a dwarf galaxy 10 billion years ago.
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Space jam: astronomers detect ‘raspberry sugar’ on dust cloud in Milky Way
Astronomers have detected a specific four-carbon sugar lurking within a dust cloud near the center of the Milky Way galaxy.
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Natural sugar discovered in cloud of dust and gas near centre of Milky Way
Scientists have detected natural sugar molecules floating in interstellar space for the first time near the Milky Way's center.
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Scientists say coldest 'stars' in Milky Way could actually be giant alien technology harvesting energy th
Scientists are investigating whether the coldest stars in the Milky Way are actually alien megastructures designed to harvest energy.
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'Astronomers have to revise estimates': The Milky Way may be larger, heavier and more lopsided than we realized
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Our Milky Way galaxy might be larger than we thought
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See The Milky Way At Its Best As Planets Glow: The Night Sky This Week
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NASA's Chandra telescope reveals Milky Way's outer reaches may stretch farther than previously known
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XMM-Newton and Chandra help revise distance to Milky Way's outer spiral arms
XMM-Newton and Chandra reveal the Milky Way’s outer arms are about 10% farther, expanding the galaxy’s known size
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Milky Way's Heart Shines Like a Diamond in Record-Breaking New Photos
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Millions of stars light up largest and most detailed shot of Milky Way’s centre
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ESA’s Euclid captures the Milky Way’s crowded heart
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A mysterious gamma-ray stream comes from the Milky Way's center. Could dark matter have something to do with it?
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The Milky Way’s huge black hole was missing a key feature. Scientists say they finally detected it
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NASA X-ray spacecraft discovers supernova wreckage at the heart of the Milky Way
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Earth's underground fungal network is so massive, it would span 10% of the Milky Way, map reveals
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The Milky Way was rewired by a cataclysmic collision billions of years ago. Now it is on course for another
Our galaxy’s past collision reshaped it—and another cosmic crash may be coming.