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Why Aren't Full Photos Of The Milky Way Real? A NASA Analyst Explains The ObviousAn illustration of the Milky Way galaxy pictured from afar.

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Why Aren't Full Photos Of The Milky Way Real? A NASA Analyst Explains The ObviousAn illustration of the Milky Way galaxy pictured from afar.
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Why Aren't Full Photos Of The Milky Way Real? A NASA Analyst Explains The Obvious

clock-iconSeptember 5, 2025

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Pulsar Fleeing A Supernova Spotted Where Neither Of Them Should BeThe pixelated map show the two sources. the pulsar is bright and mostly circular, away from it there is a blob that looks cooler, that is the supernova remnant.

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Pulsar Fleeing A Supernova Spotted Where Neither Of Them Should BeThe pixelated map show the two sources. the pulsar is bright and mostly circular, away from it there is a blob that looks cooler, that is the supernova remnant.
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Pulsar Fleeing A Supernova Spotted Where Neither Of Them Should Be

clock-iconAugust 29, 2025
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"Cosmic Immigrants": Daytime Star Seen In 1604 May Be An "Alien Type Ia Supernova"Kepler's supernova

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"Cosmic Immigrants": Daytime Star Seen In 1604 May Be An "Alien Type Ia Supernova"Kepler's supernova
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"Cosmic Immigrants": Daytime Star Seen In 1604 May Be An "Alien Type Ia Supernova"

clock-iconJuly 10, 2025
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Australian Moth Is First-Known Invertebrate To Navigate By Stars On Epic 1,000-Kilometer Migrationclose up photograph of a Bogong moth

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Australian Moth Is First-Known Invertebrate To Navigate By Stars On Epic 1,000-Kilometer Migrationclose up photograph of a Bogong moth
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Australian Moth Is First-Known Invertebrate To Navigate By Stars On Epic 1,000-Kilometer Migration

clock-iconJune 18, 2025
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Now Is The Best Time To See The Milky Way’s Glowing Core In All Its GloryMilky Way as seen from Balanced Rock, Big Bend National Park, Texas, USA.

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Now Is The Best Time To See The Milky Way’s Glowing Core In All Its GloryMilky Way as seen from Balanced Rock, Big Bend National Park, Texas, USA.
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Now Is The Best Time To See The Milky Way’s Glowing Core In All Its Glory

clock-iconJune 13, 2025
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Good News, The Milky Way May Not Collide With Andromeda In 5 Billion Years After Alla large dark band of celestial dust is visible against the brigher fuzziness of a messy collision goin on behind

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Good News, The Milky Way May Not Collide With Andromeda In 5 Billion Years After Alla large dark band of celestial dust is visible against the brigher fuzziness of a messy collision goin on behind
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Good News, The Milky Way May Not Collide With Andromeda In 5 Billion Years After All

clock-iconJune 2, 2025
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UMa3/U1: Is This The Smallest Galaxy Ever Discovered, Or Something Else?Ursa Major

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UMa3/U1: Is This The Smallest Galaxy Ever Discovered, Or Something Else?Ursa Major
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UMa3/U1: Is This The Smallest Galaxy Ever Discovered, Or Something Else?

clock-iconMay 13, 2025
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People Are Asking How We Took Those "Fancy Pictures" Of Our Own GalaxyMilky Way from Earth.

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People Are Asking How We Took Those "Fancy Pictures" Of Our Own GalaxyMilky Way from Earth.
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People Are Asking How We Took Those "Fancy Pictures" Of Our Own Galaxy

clock-iconMay 5, 2025
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Milky Way’s Great Rift Identified In 5,000-Year-Old Ancient Egyptian Coffin DrawingsDepiction of goddess Nut on coffin of ancient Egyptian priestess

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Milky Way’s Great Rift Identified In 5,000-Year-Old Ancient Egyptian Coffin DrawingsDepiction of goddess Nut on coffin of ancient Egyptian priestess
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Milky Way’s Great Rift Identified In 5,000-Year-Old Ancient Egyptian Coffin Drawings

clock-iconMay 1, 2025
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Astronomers Baffled To Find Andromeda's Satellite Galaxies Are Pointing In Our DirectionAndromeda galaxy.

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Astronomers Baffled To Find Andromeda's Satellite Galaxies Are Pointing In Our DirectionAndromeda galaxy.
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Astronomers Baffled To Find Andromeda's Satellite Galaxies Are Pointing In Our Direction

clock-iconApril 30, 2025
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Clues To Our Galaxy's Fate Seen In One Of The Largest Radio Sources Ever FoundSpiral galaxy.

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Clues To Our Galaxy's Fate Seen In One Of The Largest Radio Sources Ever FoundSpiral galaxy.
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Clues To Our Galaxy's Fate Seen In One Of The Largest Radio Sources Ever Found

clock-iconMarch 24, 2025
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First Infrared Flare-Up Detected From The Milky Way’s Supermassive Black HoleThis artist's conception of the mid-IR flare in Sgr A* captures the apparent movement of the flare as energized electrons spiral along the magnetic field lines of the supermassive black hole, and spike its intensity.

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First Infrared Flare-Up Detected From The Milky Way’s Supermassive Black HoleThis artist's conception of the mid-IR flare in Sgr A* captures the apparent movement of the flare as energized electrons spiral along the magnetic field lines of the supermassive black hole, and spike its intensity.
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First Infrared Flare-Up Detected From The Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole

clock-iconJanuary 15, 2025
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Atoms In Your Body Probably Once Left The GalaxyWe see the glory of star-forming galaxies like the pinwheel (NGC 3982), but miss the thin gas around them, which contains even the carbon needed to make us up.

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Atoms In Your Body Probably Once Left The GalaxyWe see the glory of star-forming galaxies like the pinwheel (NGC 3982), but miss the thin gas around them, which contains even the carbon needed to make us up.
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Atoms In Your Body Probably Once Left The Galaxy

clock-iconJanuary 6, 2025
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2025 Marks 100 Years Since Hubble Proved The Universe Is Vast With Galaxies Outside The Milky WayA small number of bright but variable stars among the billions in the Andromeda Galaxy, once known as the Andromeda Nebula, allowed us to determine its great distance.

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2025 Marks 100 Years Since Hubble Proved The Universe Is Vast With Galaxies Outside The Milky WayA small number of bright but variable stars among the billions in the Andromeda Galaxy, once known as the Andromeda Nebula, allowed us to determine its great distance.
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2025 Marks 100 Years Since Hubble Proved The Universe Is Vast With Galaxies Outside The Milky Way

clock-iconJanuary 2, 2025
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The Milky Way Is An Absolute Weirdo Among Its PeersA mosaic showing tens of galaxies similar to the Milky Way

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The Milky Way Is An Absolute Weirdo Among Its PeersA mosaic showing tens of galaxies similar to the Milky Way
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The Milky Way Is An Absolute Weirdo Among Its Peers

clock-iconNovember 29, 2024
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