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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.
Planet formation favors the metal-rich inner Milky Way, suggest scientists
Exoplanets have captured the imagination of the public and scientists alike and as the search continues for more, researchers ...
ESA’s Gaia Spacecraft Wraps Up Revolutionary Milky Way Mapping Mission
ESA’s decade-long Milky Way Gaia mapping mission still has tons of data to release over the next few years. Expect surprises.
'Troublesome' radio galaxy 32 times the size of Milky Way spotted
Astronomers have discovered an extraordinary new giant radio galaxy with plasma jets 32 times the size of our Milky Way.
Goodbye to the Sun in the Milky Way: experts' warning that could change humanity
The future of galaxies remains one of the most interesting topics for experts. In fact, they will not survive the passage of ...
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One large Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies? 100 years ago, a young Edwin Hubble settled astronomy’s ‘Great Debate’
was nearly a million light years away – too remote to be a part of the Milky Way. Hubble’s work opened the door to the study of the universe beyond our galaxy. In the century since Hubble’s ...
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Young stars in the Milky Way's back yard challenge our understanding of how they form
The LMC, a satellite galaxy of our own Milky Way, is located nearly 160,000 light ... a glimpse at how star formation could have taken place in the early days of the universe.
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'Herculean' 2.5-billion-pixel mosaic shows our closest galactic neighbor like never before — and took more than a decade to create
Any potential findings could also shed light on the Milky Way's future because our galaxy is predicted to potentially collide with Andromeda in the next 5 to 10 billion years. The release of the ...
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The Andromeda galaxy is finally viewed in all its glory, thanks to the help of UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz astronomers
The Hubble Space Telescope completes a high-resolution portrait of our galaxy's gorgeous neighbor, which will help scientists better understand our Milky Way.
One large Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies? 100 years ago, a young Edwin Hubble settled astronomy’s ‘Great Debate’
In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small and in the Milky Way, while Curtis took a more radical position that they ...