The center of the Milky Way is a mysterious place. Astronomers think there's a supermassive black hole there, though it…
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Gas from the intergalactic medium constantly rains down on galaxies, fueling continued star formation. New research has shown that this…
Using a new observatory, a team of Chinese astronomers have found over a dozen sources of ultra-high energy cosmic rays.…
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Combining data from two of the largest databases in the world, an international team of astronomers was able to doubledthe…
Ultra-precise measurements of stars in our galaxy put us closer to galactic center than we thought.
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