Scientists Puzzled by Strange Star-Forming Regions at the Milky Way’s Center

The current rate of star formation at the Galactic Center appears to be lower than in the rest of the Galaxy. A new study led ...
Scientific American

Our Milky Way’s Warped Disk Keeps Getting Weirder

Observations show the disk of our galaxy is not flat but warped and waving. Astronomers are still working out the reasons why ...
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Astronomers Uncover Colossal Radio Galaxy 32 Times the Size of the Milky Way

Astronomers have identified a colossal giant radio galaxy (GRG) stretching 3.3 million light-years across—32 times the size of our Milky Way. Named Inkathazo, which means “trouble” in isiZulu and ...
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Milky Way Weighs Less Than We Thought – And It's Missing Dark Matter

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New Scientist

Distant Milky Way-like galaxy is older than we thought possible

Astronomers have spotted the earliest barred spiral galaxy yet. It is the same type of galaxy as our Milky Way, but it dates back to when the universe was just 2 billion years old, earlier than was ...
Arizona Daily Star

17B Earth-size planets in Milky Way, study says

LOS ANGELES - The Milky Way is home to at least 17 billion planets that are similar in size to Earth, a new estimate suggests. That's more than two Earth-size planets for every person on the globe.
Wired

The Milky Way’s Stars Reveal Its Turbulent Past

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