In 2011, a project that surveyed the Milky Way galaxy for exoplanets — which are planets beyond our solar system — spotted an ...

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Astronomers trace the striking pattern to an encounter between a big galaxy and a much smaller one some 50 million years ago.

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"For the first time, we could trace the boundary between the gas residing in galaxies and the material contained within the ...

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Stargazers across South Carolina have a chance to see the space station zoom across the night sky this week. Like the last couple nights, the window is open Jan. 30-31 and Feb. 1. Other ...

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That means it's more than 30 times the size of our own Milky Way galaxy. It's also enigmatic, the researchers say, with unusual qualities that defy simple explanation. They decided to name it after ...