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'Time Gate' reveals the scene of a galaxy containing Earth turned into a monster
What happened to the Earth-bearing galaxy billions of years ago has been reproduced by two galaxies, NGC 1512 and NGC 1510.
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Angel Wings: Scary future when the galaxy containing the Earth collides
A window into the future has been captured by the Hubble telescope: A view of two equally massive galaxies that make up the object known as the Angel's Wing.
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China will launch satellite to search for Earth clones
With 10 to 15 times stronger than NASA's Kepler telescope, the new Chinese satellite will find exoplanets in the habitable zone of a Sun-like star.
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Detects a shock wave 60 times larger than the Milky Way
Scientists have discovered that the collision caused a shock wave 60 times larger than the entire Milky Way and about 100,000 light-years across.
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A wandering black hole bends space-time, creating an illusion across the galaxy
For the first time, scientists have identified a black hole that wanders across the galaxy containing Earth.
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Discovered thousands of mysterious strings in the center of the Milky Way
According to a new image from a telescope, at the center of the Milky Way, there are nearly 1,000 mysterious magnetic strings. The pairs and clusters of filaments span n…
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Scientists catch strange signals from the center of the Milky Way
Scientists find strange radio waves, unlike anything seen before, originating from the center of the Milky Way.
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Cluster of 'otherworldly' objects appear in the middle of a galaxy containing Earth
ESA's Gaia Space Telescope and Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope have both recorded a strange line of stars, clearly not belonging to our galaxy.
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Spectacular image of a galaxy with a 'tail' about to collide with the Milky Way
The Small Magellanic Cloud is one of the satellite dwarf galaxies of the Earth-containing galaxy, the Milky Way.
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Discovered a series of 'fossil arms' of the Milky Way
A new map of the galaxy containing the Earth's Milky Way (Galaxy) has revealed a series of strange, arm-like structures, ancient and remnants of violent events.
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NASA discovered the first planet outside the galaxy
Scientists have detected signs of a transiting planet outside the Milky Way, and this could be the first planet ever discovered outside our galaxy.
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See 15 stunning photos from the Galaxy of the Year
The pictures of the beautiful Milky Way captivate viewers from the wonders of the universe and the beauty that nature has brought to man.
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Discovered organic molecules that can make life in the central Milky Way
What are the secrets that we still don't know?
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Up to 6 billion 'Earths' are wandering in outer space
There may be as many as 36 alien races living in our galaxy, so how many planets are equivalent to Earth?
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Stunning images of the cosmic 'snowflakes' in NASA images
NASA has just released a stunning image of stars from a globular cluster about 13,000 light-years from the center of the Milky Way galaxy.