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The Milky Way Merged With Another Galaxy In The Distant Past, 1.8 Billion Years Before Its Collision With The Infamous Sausage GalaxyA small bright galaxy is colliding with a much larger one

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The Milky Way Merged With Another Galaxy In The Distant Past, 1.8 Billion Years Before Its Collision With The Infamous Sausage GalaxyA small bright galaxy is colliding with a much larger one
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The Milky Way Merged With Another Galaxy In The Distant Past, 1.8 Billion Years Before Its Collision With The Infamous Sausage Galaxy

clock-icon4 days ago

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Collision With "Sausage Galaxy" Might Have Rotated The Milky Way By More Than 90 Degreestwo spiral galaxies are seen interacting almost face on

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Collision With "Sausage Galaxy" Might Have Rotated The Milky Way By More Than 90 Degreestwo spiral galaxies are seen interacting almost face on
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Collision With "Sausage Galaxy" Might Have Rotated The Milky Way By More Than 90 Degrees

clock-iconJuly 21, 2026

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First Sugar Discovered Near The Milky Way’s Center Shows Our Galaxy Is More Of A Raspberry MilkshakeMolecular cloud M78 is similar to the one close to the center of our galaxy, where the sugar erythrulose has been detected.

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First Sugar Discovered Near The Milky Way’s Center Shows Our Galaxy Is More Of A Raspberry MilkshakeMolecular cloud M78 is similar to the one close to the center of our galaxy, where the sugar erythrulose has been detected.
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First Sugar Discovered Near The Milky Way’s Center Shows Our Galaxy Is More Of A Raspberry Milkshake

clock-iconJuly 13, 2026

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More Than 60 Million Stars Glimmer In The Largest Visible Light Photo Ever Taken Of The Milky Way's Beating HeartThe image show a few dark nebulae and so many stars together that you can't really distinguish them

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More Than 60 Million Stars Glimmer In The Largest Visible Light Photo Ever Taken Of The Milky Way's Beating HeartThe image show a few dark nebulae and so many stars together that you can't really distinguish them
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More Than 60 Million Stars Glimmer In The Largest Visible Light Photo Ever Taken Of The Milky Way's Beating Heart

clock-iconJune 24, 2026

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The Milky Way Is Hurtling Towards Something Called The Great Attractor At 600 Kilometers Per SecondGalaxy clusters being pulled towards the Great Attractor

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The Milky Way Is Hurtling Towards Something Called The Great Attractor At 600 Kilometers Per SecondGalaxy clusters being pulled towards the Great Attractor
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The Milky Way Is Hurtling Towards Something Called The Great Attractor At 600 Kilometers Per Second

clock-iconJune 10, 2026

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For Over 50 Years Astronomers Looked For The Wind From The Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole – They Have Finally Found Ittwo overlapping clouds of different colors perfectly matching where one ends and the other begins

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For Over 50 Years Astronomers Looked For The Wind From The Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole – They Have Finally Found Ittwo overlapping clouds of different colors perfectly matching where one ends and the other begins
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For Over 50 Years Astronomers Looked For The Wind From The Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole – They Have Finally Found It

clock-iconJune 4, 2026

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Shiny Clouds, A Cosmic Kiss, And An Unpredictable Meteor Shower: Here’s Why You Should Keep Your Eyes To The Skies This JuneThe Summer Triangle asterism, with the Milky Way core visible behind.

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Shiny Clouds, A Cosmic Kiss, And An Unpredictable Meteor Shower: Here’s Why You Should Keep Your Eyes To The Skies This JuneThe Summer Triangle asterism, with the Milky Way core visible behind.
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Shiny Clouds, A Cosmic Kiss, And An Unpredictable Meteor Shower: Here’s Why You Should Keep Your Eyes To The Skies This June

clock-iconJune 1, 2026

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An Unknown Object Passed Between Earth And A Star In The Large Magellanic Cloud, In An Event That Lasted An HourThe Large Magellanic Cloud imaged by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.

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An Unknown Object Passed Between Earth And A Star In The Large Magellanic Cloud, In An Event That Lasted An HourThe Large Magellanic Cloud imaged by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.
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An Unknown Object Passed Between Earth And A Star In The Large Magellanic Cloud, In An Event That Lasted An Hour

clock-iconMay 28, 2026
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Online Tool Lets You See How Far You Have Traveled Around The Galaxy Since You Were Born, And The Time Dilation Effects You Have EncounteredDiagram of the Sun and planets' motion through space.

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Online Tool Lets You See How Far You Have Traveled Around The Galaxy Since You Were Born, And The Time Dilation Effects You Have EncounteredDiagram of the Sun and planets' motion through space.
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Online Tool Lets You See How Far You Have Traveled Around The Galaxy Since You Were Born, And The Time Dilation Effects You Have Encountered

clock-iconMay 20, 2026

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Meet Loki: A New Lost Galaxy That Might Have Been Cannibalized By The Milky WayThe thin band of the milky way and the dark gas clouds clearly visible in this great picture of the galaxy

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Meet Loki: A New Lost Galaxy That Might Have Been Cannibalized By The Milky WayThe thin band of the milky way and the dark gas clouds clearly visible in this great picture of the galaxy
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Meet Loki: A New Lost Galaxy That Might Have Been Cannibalized By The Milky Way

clock-iconMay 8, 2026
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What Is Hidden Within The Milky Way's "Zone Of Avoidance"?A laser is being used to measure the effect of the atmosphere on astronomical observations, but it looks like the telescope is shooting at the Milky Way

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What Is Hidden Within The Milky Way's "Zone Of Avoidance"?A laser is being used to measure the effect of the atmosphere on astronomical observations, but it looks like the telescope is shooting at the Milky Way
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What Is Hidden Within The Milky Way's "Zone Of Avoidance"?

clock-iconApril 29, 2026

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Where Does Our Galaxy End? At Last, We Might Know Where The Milky Way’s Most Important Boundary LiesA view of the Milky Wat arching across the sky from the ground.

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Where Does Our Galaxy End? At Last, We Might Know Where The Milky Way’s Most Important Boundary LiesA view of the Milky Wat arching across the sky from the ground.
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Where Does Our Galaxy End? At Last, We Might Know Where The Milky Way’s Most Important Boundary Lies

clock-iconApril 23, 2026

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Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS May Have Formed Around An Old, Low-Metallicity Star In The Milky Way's Outer DiskAn ultraviolet composite image of the hydrogen atoms surrounding comet 3I/ATLAS

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Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS May Have Formed Around An Old, Low-Metallicity Star In The Milky Way's Outer DiskAn ultraviolet composite image of the hydrogen atoms surrounding comet 3I/ATLAS
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Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS May Have Formed Around An Old, Low-Metallicity Star In The Milky Way's Outer Disk

clock-iconMarch 20, 2026

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As 3I/ATLAS Makes A Close Approach To Jupiter, Astronomers Find It May Be Far More Ancient Than We ThoughtInterstellar comet 3I/ATLAS imaged by ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer.

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As 3I/ATLAS Makes A Close Approach To Jupiter, Astronomers Find It May Be Far More Ancient Than We ThoughtInterstellar comet 3I/ATLAS imaged by ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer.
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As 3I/ATLAS Makes A Close Approach To Jupiter, Astronomers Find It May Be Far More Ancient Than We Thought

clock-iconMarch 17, 2026
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Fugitive Sun? Our Star And Others Might Have Escaped The Center Of The Milky WayArtist's impression of sun-like stars migrating from the center of the milky way

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Fugitive Sun? Our Star And Others Might Have Escaped The Center Of The Milky WayArtist's impression of sun-like stars migrating from the center of the milky way
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Fugitive Sun? Our Star And Others Might Have Escaped The Center Of The Milky Way

clock-iconMarch 13, 2026