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Milky Way

[mil-kee wey] / ˈmɪl ki ˈweɪ /


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While this past collision influenced the Milky Way, the simulations show it is not required to produce the chemical split.

From Science Daily

Astronomers have identified a spiral galaxy that looks strikingly similar to the Milky Way in a period of the Universe when such organized systems were not expected to exist.

From Science Daily

In the Milky Way, only the central nucleus has star densities remotely comparable, and that region still contains only about one thousandth of the stars needed for the little-red-dot models.

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Scientists have spent years examining regions where dark matter should be concentrated, especially the center of the Milky Way, searching for these specific gamma rays.

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Cosmic rays -- high-energy particles moving close to the speed of light -- are known to arrive from within the Milky Way and from more distant regions of the universe.

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