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Scientists created the most accurate three-dimensional map of star-formation regions in our Milky Way galaxy, based on data ...

Researchers spotted a colossal cloud of gas and dust in the Milky Way, filled with turbulent motion, newborn star seeds, and ...

The Milky Way is expected to shine every night through August as it gets higher in a darker sky throughout the United States, ...

August has been a month jam-packed with cosmic phenomena visible from Earth – from nebulas to meteor showers to planetary conjunctions. But the month isn't over yet. And now, add to the mix one of the ...

Today in the history of astronomy, NASA announces evidence of material being consumed by the black hole at the center of our ...

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