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Science & Tech News tagged with milky way

Twin to Milky Way's Black Hole Found
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Ingrid
- 304 days ago - news.yahoo.com
A sharp-eyed instrument on the Very Large Telescope has given astronomers a peek at the heart of a nearby galaxy, revealing a host of young, massive and dusty stellar nurseries and a possible twin of our own Milky Way's supermassive black hole.
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NASA: Hubble Views Galactic Core In Unprecedented New Detail
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SirRobert
- 315 days ago - nasa.gov
2008 NASA Archive Article: Hubble has captured unprecedented direct imaging of our galactic core. A mysterious image to behold and contemplate.
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Sharpest Infrared Image Of Milky Way's Core Unveiled
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SirRobert
- 323 days ago - newscientist.com
The Milky Way's galactic-core came into unprecedented focus, as astronomers released the sharpest infrared pictures yet!
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Star Paths Reveal Secrets Of Milky Way's Black Hole
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SirRobert
- 350 days ago - newscientist.com
Astronomers have crunched 16 years of data to make the most detailed observations yet, of the stars obiting the centre of our galaxy, bolstering the case for a monstrous black hole lurking therein.
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Youngest Supernova in Milky Way Found
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Dima
- 561 days ago - news.nationalgeographic.com
Scientists have peered through a thick shroud of interstellar dust to reveal the youngest supernova ever seen in the Milky Way
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Milky Way: Bigger Than We Thought - Australia
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Chrissy
- 647 days ago - abc.net.au
The Milky Way - our home galaxy - is twice as thick as we thought it was, Australian astrophysicists say. Professor Bryan Gaensler from the University of Sydney and his team have found that the enormous spiral-shaped collection of gas and stars is 12,000
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'Hundreds of Worlds' in Milky Way
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Sharon
- 648 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Rocky planets,possibly with conditions suitable for life,may be more common in our galaxy.New evidence suggests more than half the Sun-like stars in the Milky Way could have similar planetary systems,may also be 100's of undiscovered worlds in Solar Syst
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Astronomers at Rutgers and Penn State Universities Have Discovered Galaxies in the Distant Universe That Are Ancestors of Spiral
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Carla
- 683 days ago - sciencedaily.com
Astronomers at Rutgers and Penn State universities have discovered galaxies in the distant universe that are ancestors of spiral galaxies like our Milky Way.
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Magellanic Clouds 'Just Passing'
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Klarabell
- 685 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Two nearby galaxies - long thought to be true companions of the Milky Way - may instead be drifters, passing through the cosmic neighbourhood.Astronomers say the Magellanic Clouds may be moving too fast to be gravitationally bound to our galaxy.
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Huge Gas Cloud Will Hit Milky Way
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Klarabell
- 685 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
A giant cloud of hydrogen gas is racing towards a collision with the Milky Way, astronomers have announced. Smith's Cloud, as it is known, may set off spectacular fireworks when it smacks into our galaxy in 20-40 million years.
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Hundreds of "Rogue" Black Holes May Roam Milky Way
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Simone
- 686 days ago - news.nationalgeographic.com
Newly merged black holes might be so jarred by the experience that they go "rogue," careening into space on unexpected trajectories. In fact, hundreds of these rogue black holes could exist in the Milky Way galaxy alone, according to a new study.
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Huge Newfound Part of Milky Way Rotates Backward
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Stephanie
- 716 days ago - news.yahoo.com
Our Milky Way Galaxy has two distinct parts in its outer reaches that rotate in opposite directions, astronomers announced today. The study adds to other evidence showing the galaxy was not built in a cosmic day. Rather, it assembled over time. . .
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"Teenage" Galaxies Give Hints of Early Milky Way
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Mari
- 730 days ago - news.yahoo.com
LONDON (Reuters) - The young building blocks of galaxies similar to the Milky Way have been spotted for the first time by astronomers, giving a tantalizing glimpse of how our stellar backyard may have formed.
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