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It may be our galactic neighborhood, but it is not always easy to see. However, that is about to change. For the next several months, the iconic band of hazy light, known as the Milky Way, should ...

What happens if humanity is no longer fighting for one planet or one star system, but for a way out of the entire galaxy?

A barred spiral galaxy with 100-400 billion stars, a supermassive black hole, and new 2025 discoveries from Gaia and JWST.

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Astronomers witnessed planets colliding 11,000 light-years away, an event that could shed light on the collision that created ...