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Simulations Suggest Milky Way Disk Flipped After Ancient 'Gaia Sausage' Collision

Researchers say a reorientation could explain the galaxy’s unusually slow stellar halo and points to specific observational tests to confirm the idea.

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3w ago

Euclid Captures Largest High-Resolution Visible-Light Image of Milky Way’s Bulge

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Euclid Produces Largest Visible-Light Image of Milky Way Bulge, Resolving Over 60 Million Stars

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2mo ago

Study Reaffirms Cosmic Acceleration After Rebutting 2025 Deceleration Claim

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2mo ago

Astronomers Find Hot Wind Carving Cone from Milky Way’s Central Black Hole

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2mo ago

Scientists Detect Wind From Milky Way’s Central Black Hole

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2mo ago

Roman Space Telescope Cleared for Shipment as Teams Move Toward September Launch Window

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2mo ago

Ancient Metal-Poor Stars Found Inside Milky Way’s Disk

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3mo ago

AI Reanalysis of TESS Data Flags About 10,000 New Exoplanet Candidates

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3mo ago

Unreviewed Study Foresees Big Crunch in 19.5 Billion Years

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3mo ago

Astronomers Pinpoint the Milky Way’s Star-Forming Edge at About 35,000–40,000 Light-Years

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3mo ago

Astronomers Pinpoint the Milky Way’s Star-Forming Edge at 35,000–40,000 Light-Years

Milky Way

Simulations Suggest Milky Way Disk Flipped After Ancient 'Gaia Sausage' Collision

Astronomers Identify Candidate Binary Supernova Pair Near Jellyfish Nebula

Astronomers Detect First True Sugar in Interstellar Space

Scientists Detect First Sugar in Interstellar Space

X‑Ray Echoes Show Two Outer Milky Way Arms About 10% Farther Than Thought

TESS Detects First Planet by Gravitational Microlensing

Rubin Observatory Begins 10‑Year Survey of the Southern Sky

X‑Ray Echoes Push Two Outer Milky Way Arms About 10% Farther Out

Euclid Releases Unprecedented High-Resolution Mosaic of the Milky Way Bulge

Euclid Captures Largest High-Resolution Visible-Light Image of Milky Way’s Bulge

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Euclid Produces Largest Visible-Light Image of Milky Way Bulge, Resolving Over 60 Million Stars

Study Reaffirms Cosmic Acceleration After Rebutting 2025 Deceleration Claim

Astronomers Find Hot Wind Carving Cone from Milky Way’s Central Black Hole

Scientists Detect Wind From Milky Way’s Central Black Hole

Roman Space Telescope Cleared for Shipment as Teams Move Toward September Launch Window

Ancient Metal-Poor Stars Found Inside Milky Way’s Disk

AI Reanalysis of TESS Data Flags About 10,000 New Exoplanet Candidates

Unreviewed Study Foresees Big Crunch in 19.5 Billion Years

Astronomers Pinpoint the Milky Way’s Star-Forming Edge at About 35,000–40,000 Light-Years

Astronomers Pinpoint the Milky Way’s Star-Forming Edge at 35,000–40,000 Light-Years

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