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The Milky Way's supermassive black hole is spinning incredibly fast and at the wrong angle. Scientists may finally know why.Observations from the Event Horizon Telescope may reveal a secret merger in our supermassive black hole's past, potentially explaining the cosmic monster's unusual spin.
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Space photo of the week: Milky Way's galactic twin captured by Dark Energy CameraNGC 6744 is a spiral galaxy bigger than, but otherwise very similar to, our own. NASA has dubbed the large spiral galaxy the Milky Way’s ‘big brother’.
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Scientists confirm that most of the universe is 'darkness and nothing more'Finding the universe's brightness is essential for confirming our theories of what makes up the universe. But to do so, scientists had to send a spacecraft far away from our sun.
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Group of ancient stars spotted near the sun could rewrite the Milky Way's historyResearchers using the Gaia space telescope studied some ancient stars near the sun, revealing that our corner of the Milky Way may be billions of years older than once thought.
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Runaway 'failed star' races through the cosmos at 1.2 million mphCitizen scientists have discovered what may be a brown dwarf racing through the cosmos at around 1.2 million miles per hour. Now astronomers want to know what launched it.
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The 1st week of August is a stargazer's delight. Here's why.With its moonless sky, the first week of August is one of the best times all year to see the Milky Way and meteor showers without a telescope. Here's how to be in the right place at the right time for the best view.
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Ultra-rare black hole found hiding in the center of the Milky WayA potential intermediate-mass black hole is hiding right next to our galaxy's supermassive black hole.
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Is the James Webb Space Telescope really 'breaking' cosmology?While headlines around the world claimed that ancient galaxies discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope were "breaking" our understanding of the Big Bang, the truth is much more nuanced — and much more interesting.
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Gaia spacecraft almost doomed by back-to-back meteor strike and solar storm — but ESA says they've found a solutionThe European Space Agency's Gaia spacecraft is back to routine operations studying the Milky Way after a meteor strike punctured its protective shield, allowing charged solar particles to stream through.
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