One large Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies? 100 years ago, a young Edwin Hubble settled astronomy’s ‘Great Debate.’
In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small ...
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Secrets of the Milky Way
His photos appear frequently in National Geographic magazine. It was a grand sight to see, the Milky Way stretching across the sky behind Owachomo Bridge. It was a natural subject for the opening ...
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See The Gigantic New Map Of The Milky Way That Took 13 Years To Make
This collage highlights a small selection of regions of the Milky Way imaged as part of the most ... [+] detailed infrared map ever of our galaxy. Here we see, from left to right and top to bottom ...
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The Milky Way Is Colliding With Another Galaxy. Here's What You Should Know
And thankfully, 4 billion years represents a time scale that none of us, our children, or even our great ... what exists beyond outer space), the Milky Way and Andromeda's own gaseous halos ...
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Milky Way: 15 Places In The U.S. For The Best Views As Galaxy Peaks
Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. The core of the Milky Way in Sagittarius low in the south over the Frenchman River valley at ... [+] Grasslands National Park ...
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Galactic chaos at cosmic noon may have stunted Milky Way planet formation
The Milky Way keeps its planets close to its chest. Stars in a thin, flat disk bisecting the galaxy have more planets on average than stars in a thicker, enveloping disk — and astronomers now ...