It’s 100 years since we learned the Milky Way is not the only galaxy
These objects were actually the Andromeda and Messier 33 galaxies, the closest large galaxies to our Milky Way. Today, up to ...
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The Milky Way's stunning spiral structure appears to be an anomaly. But why?
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Image Captures What Milky Way Looks Like From Australia, Stuns Internet
The photograph of the Milky Way was taken by Oisin McDonnell, who is based in South Australia. He shared the image in a Reddit post under the username Poisin55 around two weeks ago in late October.
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Milky Way: 15 Places In The U.S. For The Best Views As Galaxy Peaks
The Milky Way is our home galaxy home to 100-400 billion stars (no one is quite sure how many). It’s a spiral galaxy estimated to be about 13.6 billion years old. It's 100,000 light-years across.
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The Milky Way gobbled up another galaxy 11.5 billion years ago — and it could provide clues to why the galaxy is twisted up in a spiral shape
Scientists always knew that the Milky Way, in its early days, ate up another galaxy. A new study published in Nature has been able to pinpoint exactly when the collision occurred. By studying a ...