Astronomers Rethink The Milky Way's Shape
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Scientists thought our home galaxy was a four-armed spiral. Now they think it is a different shape.
Scientists thought our home galaxy was a four-armed spiral. Now they think it is a different shape.
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Astronomers spot black hole whipping a star into a doughnut shape
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Astronomers Rethink The Milky Way's Shape
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Disk galaxies like Milky Way more common than previously thought
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The New Story of the Milky Way's Surprisingly Turbulent Past
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Map of Milky Way Galaxy reveals presence of stellar nurseries wave
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Decades-Old Mystery Solved? Astronomers May Have Uncovered
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Spooky' object that unleashes periodic bursts of energy detected
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NASA JWST Feature - Colliding Galaxies
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The Early Universe Had No Problem Making Barred Spiral Galaxies
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Milky Way's colossal sibling torn apart and cannibalized by