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                            <title><![CDATA[ Latest from Live Science in Milky-way ]]></title>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The Milky Way ate a galaxy called Loki, and scientists think they found its bones ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Astronomers have identified a group of ancient stars that may be the remnants of a dwarf galaxy named Loki that merged with the Milky Way more than 10 billion years ago. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Shreejaya Karantha ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qDSj82S57waSHHTx9Fpg9V-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An all-sky map of the Milky Way taken by ESA’s Planck satellite. The horizontal disk of the Milky Way contains clues to previous galaxy mergers, including a potential dwarf galaxy from the ancient universe named ‘Loki’.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A fiery orange map of the Milky Way showing the distribution of dust]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Interstellar messenger' 3I/ATLAS could be nearly as old as the universe itself, James Webb telescope observations reveal ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The comet formed in a cold and distant part of the early Milky Way up to 12 billion years ago, potentially putting it just under 2 billion years the age of the universe. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 15:42:27 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Comets]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Patrick Pester ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6iuqZ9YBGW2ozYBkMWHFFU-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Satoru Murata]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The long tail and secondary anti-tail of 3I/ATLAS, as well as several other smaller jets emerging from its coma, captured by astrophotographer Satoru Murata on Nov. 16, 2025.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A photo of 3I/ATLAS with a green coma and a long tail, as well as a second shorter tail. A spiral galaxy is also visible in the top left of the image.]]></media:text>
                                <media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[A photo of 3I/ATLAS with a green coma and a long tail, as well as a second shorter tail. A spiral galaxy is also visible in the top left of the image.]]></media:title>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ A 'mass migration' of stars from the Milky Way's center could explain why there's life in our solar system ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/space/a-mass-migration-of-stars-from-the-milky-ways-center-could-explain-why-theres-life-in-our-solar-system</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The Gaia telescope spotted more than 6,000 sunlike stars, all of which appear to have migrated from the galaxy's center more than 4 billion years ago. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 15:56:21 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Elizabeth Howell ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/e98k5U3v2a3ix557G2hJWD-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of the Milky Way between 4 billion and 6 billion years ago, when the &quot;migration&quot; of sunlike stars was taking place. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of the Milky Way galaxy with white orbital lines showing sun-like stars migrating across its area]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Rare and enigmatic' structures found at the Milky Way's center in largest-ever map of its kind ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/space/astronomy/a-place-of-extremes-scientists-unveil-the-largest-ever-map-of-the-galaxys-chaotic-center</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists using the ALMA telescope have created the most-detailed-ever map of the Milky Way's chaotic center. The observations could open a window to the ancient universe as it appeared shortly after the Big Bang. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 11:06:00 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Brandon Specktor ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TttstjUQQvUsbA6xKxh57b-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[ALMA(ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/S. Longmore et al. Background: ESO/D. Minniti et al.]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Milky Way&#039;s Central Molecular Zone (CMZ) surrounds our galaxy&#039;s supermassive black hole and may share characteristics with the dense and chaotic galaxies of the early universe. This is the largest-ever image taken by the ALMA telescope in Chile.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The Milky Way&#039;s Central Molecular Zone (CMZ) surrounds our galaxy&#039;s supermassive black hole and may share characteristics with the dense and chaotic galaxies of the early universe. This is the largest-ever image taken by the ALMA telescope in Chile.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Radio signal discovered at the center of our galaxy could put Einstein's relativity to the test ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists hope to probe the nature of general relativity through a possible pulsar found in the center of the Milky Way, near a supermassive black hole. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 22:04:21 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 22:56:31 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Elizabeth Howell ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WF67c74xkDjjgWqn3sW47V-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Danielle Futselaar/Breakthrough Listen]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Illustration of the Green Bank radio telescope observing a pulsar in the center of the Milky Way galaxy.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An image showing a metal radio antenna to the left under a glowing band of the Milky Way in the night sky with a circle cutout to the right of the image showing an illustration of a black sphere surrounded by glowing gas]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ James Webb telescope solves mystery of 'forever young' vampire stars from the dawn of time ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Astronomers have discovered how "forever young" stars stay blue and bright despite being almost as old as the universe. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 11:10:10 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ivan Farkas ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wu6HmfpvRvzYJNEtTJMJjC-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Researchers analyzed blue straggler stars in 48 galactic globular clusters of diverse sizes, ages, densities, distances and metallicities. This image shows the difference between a loose cluster and a dense cluster.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Two images of dense clusters of bright blue, white, and yellow stars in space. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'One of those rare 'wow' moments': Zombie star near Earth has a rainbow shockwave that 'shouldn't be there' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new study reveals a rare-breaking white dwarf star, dubbed RXJ0528+2838, that is somehow generating a rainbow-like "bow shock" as it zooms through the Milky Way. The cosmic zombie is also ripping apart its partner star like a black hole. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 16:41:16 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 18:35:26 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xfdWU5z4A4QPAXQspV3EsM-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[ESO/K. Iłkiewicz and S. Scaringi et al. Background: PanSTARRS]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Researchers have discovered a rule-breaking &quot;bow shock&quot; surrounding the white dwarf RXJ0528+2838, located around 730 light-years from Earth. The puzzling structure contains a multicolored nebula of gas and dust.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Image showing a multicolored bow shock surrounding a distant star]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Mysterious, irradiated 'scar' in our galaxy points to 2 stars that almost hit the sun ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Astronomers traced a mysterious 'scar' of ionized gas around the solar system to two stars that had a close flyby with our sun millions of years ago. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 19:05:40 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sharmila Kuthunur ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HCzpAQizmMJ9BunXpcShKi-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Leah Hustak (STScI)]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of the local bubble, which surrounds our solar system. An interstellar cloud of ionized gas runs through the bubble like a &#039;scar&#039;, and new research may be able to explain why.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[This artist illustration shows the Local Bubble surrounding the Sun. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Did a NASA telescope really 'see' dark matter? Strange gamma-rays spark bold claims, but scientists urge caution ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new study says observations from the NASA Fermi space telescope suggest a halo of dark matter around the center of our galaxy, but more information is needed to confirm the result. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 17:16:32 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 11:56:53 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Elizabeth Howell ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aCogmdaUxisahGRwwzpapm-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Tomonori Totani (boxout), Tyler Chase and Walt Feimer / NASA (background)]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[New research suggests that intense gamma-rays  (inset) at the center of the Milky Way could be evidence of dark matter annihilation happening there.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Gamma-ray intensity map superimposed in the corner of an image of a galaxy.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ What's the darkest place in the solar system? What about the universe? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Space looks very dark from Earth. But does the solar system, and the universe for that matter, have an area that's the darkest of all? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Astronomy]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Alice Sun ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/meEGS5xgwKBxetMZxqGno-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Milky Way has a dark blob, known as Barnard 68 (B68), which is a Bok globule around 500 light-years away from Earth.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a photograph of starry outer space with a dark blob in the middle]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Unprecedented radio view of the Milky Way took over 40,000 hours to construct — Space photo of the week ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Created using data from two extensive surveys, this spectacular radio image of the galactic plane of the Milky Way provides valuable insights into the birth and death of stars. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2025 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Astronomy]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Shreejaya Karantha ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qUYuXHxVhGzR6U3QwXDc75-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR), S. Mantovanini/GLEAM-X team]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A radio view of the Milky Way shows both the carnage of dying stars (red) and the energy of newborn stars (blue).]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A view of starry outer space with an orange cloudy band in the middle]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Building blocks of life detected in ice outside the Milky Way for first time ever ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope have uncovered five complex organic molecules trapped in the ice around a star outside our galaxy. This cosmic first hints that the stuff of life may be widespread throughout space. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2025 22:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 29 Oct 2025 15:29:43 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Skyler Ware ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ZTRJiKowknQMX4so6kBDPC-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[NASA/ESA/CSA/JPL-Caltech/M. Sewiło et al. (2025)]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Using JWST, researchers detected several complex carbon-based molecules in the ice around ST6, a developing star in the Large Magellanic Cloud.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a photo of a colorful starr region with a zoomed-in inset showing the star ST6]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Puzzling' object discovered by James Webb telescope may be the earliest known galaxy in the universe ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/space/cosmology/puzzling-object-discovered-by-james-webb-telescope-may-be-the-earliest-known-galaxy-in-the-universe</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ While scouring images from the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers spotted Capotauro, "one of the most puzzling discoveries" to date. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2025 14:52:27 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 29 Oct 2025 11:06:22 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sophie Berdugo ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8vDh8tBG8QA4Be53vRveN9-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Image processing: Giuseppe Capriotti &amp; Giovanni Gandolfi. Data: NASA / ESA / CSA / JWST / CEERS collaboration.]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Capotauro is located near the tail of the Big Dipper constellation.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Galaxies in the far universe with a mysterious orange dot ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Mysterious glow at the Milky Way's center could reshape a major cosmic theory ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/physics-mathematics/dark-matter/mysterious-glow-at-the-milky-ways-center-could-reshape-a-major-cosmic-theory</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A mysterious glow at the center of the Milky Way has puzzled astronomers for more than a decade. New research offers an explanation that could also reshape what we know about dark matter. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2025 18:40:34 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:47:38 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ andrew.l.feldman@gmail.com (Andrey Feldman) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Andrey Feldman ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/T9jmFjNsvLoKWeN6nswkxC-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Fermi telescope’s view of gamma ray emissions in the Milky Way. A peculiar excess of gamma rays at the galaxy’s center has long puzzled astronomers, and could be evidence of elusive dark matter.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a map of the Milky Way showing a line of gamma ray emissions through the center]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS may come from the mysterious frontier of the early Milky Way, new study hints ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/space/comets/interstellar-comet-3i-atlas-may-come-from-the-mysterious-frontier-of-the-early-milky-way-new-study-hints</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS does not come from our corner of the Milky Way, and may be a time capsule of the early galaxy, new research into its trajectory hints. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2025 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Comets]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Brandon Specktor ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UEr7tQDntYC9ZzFG2trbY7-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A photo of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS taken in July at the Gemini South Observatory in Chile]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a photo of the comet 3I/ATLAS with its long tail shooting through space]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ A 'Great Wave' is rippling through our galaxy, pushing thousands of stars out of place ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/space/astronomy/a-great-wave-is-rippling-through-our-galaxy-pushing-thousands-of-stars-out-of-place</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A giant 'wave' is rippling through the Milky Way, pushing thousands of stars across the galaxy, and scientists don't know what triggered it. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 22:26:07 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Elizabeth Howell ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/84qWJovQQWiUaFPN9RLQag-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[ESA/Gaia/DPAC, S. Payne-Wardenaar, E. Poggio et al (2025)]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An edge-on visual of the Milky Way, based on data from the European Space Agency&#039;s Gaia star-mapping mission. An apparent &quot;wave&quot; of star movements is visible, shown by vertical arrows]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An image of a subtle wave pattern in blue and red colors with a glowing light behind it and arrows pointing upwards and downwards]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Stars that brush past black holes live longer, stranger lives after their close encounters with death ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/space/black-holes/stars-that-brush-past-black-holes-live-longer-stranger-lives-after-their-close-encounters-with-death</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new study shows survivor stars can live billions of years longer than normal, carrying chemical fingerprints of their violent encounters with the Milky Way's black hole. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2025 18:06:04 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 12:54:26 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Anirban Mukhopadhyay ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/YQkfS84mtDYeh9x7ni9hx4-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Milky Way’s galactic center (inset) is home to strange, death-defying stars that manage to survive close encounters with our galaxy’s supermassive black hole. New research reveals the unintended side effects of these daring flybys. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of the Milky Way&#039;s galactic center]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Mysterious cosmic explosion can't be explained, scientists say ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers have detected a gamma-ray burst outside of the Milky Way that's unlike any previously observed. There's no satisfying explanation for the mysterious cosmic explosion, but it may be linked to elusive intermediate-mass black holes. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2025 17:44:29 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 29 Sep 2025 10:59:39 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Patrick Pester ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/m9DaZpZi9RmmVNUpjq7qcD-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[ESO/A. Levan, A. Martin-Carrillo et al.]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The explosion (circled in red) was marked by repeated gamma-ray bursts over the course of a day.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A photograph of the cosmic explosion, circled in red, taken with the Very Large Telescope&#039;s HAWK-I infrared camera.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ A rare 'black moon' rises this weekend: What is it, and what can you see? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/space/the-moon/a-rare-black-moon-rises-this-weekend-what-is-it-and-what-can-you-see</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Saturday's new moon is a seasonal "black moon" — a rare phenomenon that occurs once every 33 months. Here's what that means and why it's a great night for stargazing. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2025 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 19 Aug 2025 23:05:43 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jamie Carter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/n7h2SQ7QYreX8L6scheKvU-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A &quot;black moon&quot; in August is a great opportunity to see the Milky Way. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a photograph of the Milky Way over a lake at night]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ This 200-light-year-wide structure could be feeding our galaxy's center: 'No one had any idea this cloud existed' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Astronomers have discovered a 200-light-year-wide Giant Molecular Cloud dubbed the Midpoint cloud that seems to be feeding star-building material to the heart of the Milky Way. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2025 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 30 Jul 2025 22:32:32 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/u5agKcr858pptcs9i7mJnP-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[NSF/AUI/NSF/NRAO/P.Vosteen]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of the Giant Molecular Cloud]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of the Giant Molecular Cloud]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Ice cube' clouds discovered at the galaxy's center shouldn't exist — and they hint at a recent black hole explosion ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Twin orbs of superhot plasma at the Milky Way's center known as the "Fermi bubbles" contain inexplicable clouds of cold hydrogen, new research reveals. They could help scientists figure out when our galaxy's black hole last erupted. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2025 21:05:49 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Astronomy]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Brandon Specktor ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BD2QbohEHUHQWrbHUXtBGT-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The twin Fermi bubbles (purple) each stretch 25,000 light-years above and below the Milky Way’s center, hinting at an ancient black hole explosion there.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a symmetrically-mirrored image of two purple glowing orbs in starry outer space]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 100 undiscovered galaxies may be orbiting the Milky Way, supercomputer simulations hint ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Our Milky Way could have many more satellite galaxies than we've detected so far. They're just too faint to be seen. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2025 18:53:57 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 15 Jul 2025 15:23:56 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.turner@futurenet.com (Ben Turner) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Turner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GGBUNdJR7vYdieYcKTngFk-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[The Aquarius simulation, the Virgo Consortium/Dr Mark Lovell.]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Milky Way surrounded by its satellite galaxies, according to the Acquarius-A-L1 simulation.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The Milky Way and it&#039;s satellite galaxies, according to the Acquarius-A-L1 simulation.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Echoes from the Big Bang suggest Earth is trapped inside a giant cosmic void, scientists claim ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Astronomers claim to have found new evidence supporting a controversial observation that our galaxy is residing in an unusually sparse region in space. If it's correct, it could rewrite cosmology. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2025 09:01:03 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 10 Jul 2025 22:12:28 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.turner@futurenet.com (Ben Turner) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Turner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SqRypxFirhqSZVFSxR7AKf-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[This artist’s impression shows the Milky Way galaxy. The blue halo of material surrounding the galaxy indicates the expected distribution of the mysterious dark matter, which was first introduced by astronomers to explain the rotation properties of the galaxy and is now also an essential ingredient in current theories of the formation and evolution of galaxies.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[milky way artists impression]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Scientists discover rare planet at the edge of the Milky Way using space-time phenomenon predicted by Einstein ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Using gravitational microlensing, scientists have discovered a rare, large planet at the edge of the Milky Way. The planet is only the third to be found on the outskirts of our galaxy's dense central bulge. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2025 18:08:31 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 30 Jun 2025 07:22:15 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.turner@futurenet.com (Ben Turner) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Turner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5NEBV786zgPDE4dBetTPB7-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[ESA/ATG medialab; background: ESO/S. Brunier]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s illustration of the Gaia space telescope, which first spotted the microlensing event in 2021.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[an illustration of the Gaia space telescope with the Milky Way in the background]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The best time to see the Milky Way is fast approaching! How to see our galaxy at its best in June. ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/space/the-best-time-to-see-the-milky-way-is-fast-approaching-how-to-see-our-galaxy-at-its-best-in-june</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ "Core season" for the Milky Way has arrived, with our galaxy visible all night as a band of light arching across the sky. Here's where, when, and how to get the best views in June. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2025 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 09 Jun 2025 10:36:04 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jamie Carter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ByViAx6ktnjK2aHCCy74HU-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[The Washington Post via Getty Images]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Milky Way rises above the Blue Ridge Mountains in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A photo of a tree on a rocky ridge with the Milky Way visible in the background]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Scientists have discovered a new dwarf planet in our solar system, far beyond the orbit of Neptune ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/space/planets/scientists-have-discovered-a-new-dwarf-planet-in-our-solar-system-far-beyond-the-orbit-of-neptune</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Astronomers have announced the discovery of a new dwarf planet in our solar system, named 2017 OF201. Located far beyond Neptune, it orbits the sun every 25,000 years. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2025 22:26:35 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 26 May 2025 13:45:06 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Skyler Ware ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/y4jYQ9V4cy73svrSUPoS2V-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Sihao Cheng et al.]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A composite image comparing the relative sizes of our solar system&#039;s known dwarf planets, including the newly discovered 2017 OF201]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An image comparing the relative sizes of our solar system&#039;s known dwarf planets, including the newly discovered 2017 OF201]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Cosmic fire' and Earthly ice: See the breathtaking winners of the Milky Way Photographer of the Year 2025 contest ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/space/cosmic-fire-and-earthly-ice-see-the-breathtaking-winners-of-the-milky-way-photographer-of-the-year-2025-contest</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Mind-boggling beauty abounds in photographs from around the globe submitted to this year's Milky Way Photographer of the Year contest. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2025 10:30:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Space]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Stephanie Pappas ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/p8wMscB3GQ8ejYMsmLMzUD-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Sergio Montúfar]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[A photo of a volcano erupting at night with the Milky Way visible in the sky]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A photo of a volcano erupting at night with the Milky Way visible in the sky]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The rarest black holes in the universe may be 'wandering' our galaxy — but scientists don't know how to detect them ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/space/black-holes/a-dozen-black-holes-may-be-wandering-through-our-galaxy-and-theyre-the-rarest-type-in-the-universe</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Dozens of 'wandering' black holes could be tumbling through our galaxy right now, new simulations hint. Their existence could help solve a longstanding cosmic puzzle. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2025 19:14:03 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 23 May 2025 15:53:47 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ pmsutter@gmail.com (Paul Sutter) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Paul Sutter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/u4LJz9nPLHLzVPw2hR8xfW-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of a black hole tearing a star to shreds.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[This illustration shows a glowing stream of material from a star as it is being devoured by a supermassive black hole in a tidal disruption flare.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ May's best stargazing week has begun. How to see a lion, an upside-down bear, a mini 'planet parade' — and more. ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ This week is the best time in May to view the night sky. Here's everything you can see during May's dark skies, from an upside-down bear to some of the oldest stars in the universe. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2025 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 22 May 2025 16:57:05 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jamie Carter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5ukFEYfhBdZACHCEYdR8QY-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Jake Johnson via Getty Images]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Late May&#039;s dark skies will reveal some spectacular sights. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a field of flowers with a starry night sky overhead]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Space photo of the week: Cotton candy clouds shine in one of Hubble's most beautiful images ever ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/space/astronomy/space-photo-of-the-week-cotton-candy-clouds-shine-in-one-of-hubbles-most-beautiful-images-ever</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The Large Magellanic Cloud, which is visible only from the Southern Hemisphere, has been caught in the crosshairs of the Hubble Space Telescope. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2025 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 19 May 2025 15:09:30 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jamie Carter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/uQrFzG6cmz83Xge9eXqGrn-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[ESA/Hubble &amp; NASA, C. Murray]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[An image of the Large Magellanic Cloud with blue, purple, and pink hues]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An image of the Large Magellanic Cloud with blue, purple, and pink hues]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The Milky Way will be visible across the US this month. Here's how to get the best views. ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ For those in midlatitudes of the Northern Hemisphere, the arc of our galaxy becomes easier to see in May. Here's when and where to look. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2025 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 13 May 2025 22:26:38 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jamie Carter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mt2aQpAQLzVKsasd4EyX3E-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Tony Rowell via Getty Images]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Milky Way will be visible under moonless skies in late May 2025. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a photo of the Milky Way reflecting off of an alpine lake at night]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Space photo of the week: Bizarre 1-armed spiral galaxy stuns Hubble scientists ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Astronomers used the Hubble Space Telescope to image "peculiar" galaxy Arp 184 (NGC 1961) about 190 million light-years away. Remarkably, the spiral galaxy has only one visible arm. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2025 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 16 May 2025 15:33:27 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jamie Carter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/D3Vf9SpbUrXVmZzbxdh9SQ-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[ESA/Hubble &amp; NASA, J. Dalcanton, R. J. Foley (UC Santa Cruz), C. Kilpatrick]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Hubble Space Telescope&#039;s image of spiral galaxy Arp 184/NGC 1961. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An image of a spiral galaxy]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Did astronomers just discover the smallest galaxy in the universe? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A mysterious cluster of 60 stars may be just another Milky Way star cluster, or it may be one of the smallest galaxies ever seen. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2025 10:30:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 08 May 2025 22:57:17 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Brian Koberlein ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PsQ389RKm3Qd7MDf8udMDB-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[CFHT / S. Gwyn / S. Smith]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[A two-paneled image. On the left, a deep sky image showing many stars. On the right, a zoomed-in version showing a cluster of stars.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A two-paneled image. On the left, a deep sky image showing many stars. On the right, a zoomed-in version showing a cluster of stars.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Ancient Egyptians drew the Milky Way on coffins and tombs, linking them to sky goddess, study finds ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new study links the Egyptian goddess Nut with the Milky Way galaxy. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2025 18:55:28 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Ancient Egyptians]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Owen Jarus ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/v9saFqWnwyviiLwaZfDFiR-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Photo courtesy of the Theban Mapping Project; Photographer Francis Dzikowski, November 1999]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Imagery on the tomb of Ramesses VI depicts the goddess Nut. If you look above and behind it, you&#039;ll see an undulating curve that may represent the Milky Way galaxy. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Egyptian tomb imagery that shows a goddess with wavy lines above her]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Extreme 'zombie star' capable of ripping human atoms apart is shooting through the Milky Way — and nobody knows where it came from ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Astronomers have discovered that the magnetar SGR 0501+4516 is speeding through our galaxy at more than 110,000 mph. This unusually fast speed hints that it was not born as expected, which could help explain the puzzling origin of some fast radio bursts. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2025 14:37:28 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 23 Apr 2025 23:11:43 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PevV32SyhwxdCCojNCkacU-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Magnetars are capable of ripping apart anything that gets too close to their powerful magnetic fields.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s interpretation of asteroids orbiting a magnetar]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The James Webb telescope reveals the truth about a planet that crashed into its own star ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists thought they saw a distant star swallow a planet for the first time ever. But new observations from the James Webb Space Telescope suggest something very different, but equally rare, may have happened instead. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Elana Spivack ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qCPpPZj6vNk6ZMpotcXNif-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[JWST&#039;s observations of what is thought to be the first-ever recorded planetary engulfment event revealed that the star did not swell to swallow the planet, but the planet&#039;s orbit actually slowly depreciated over time, as seen in this artist&#039;s concept.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a four-paneled illustration showing the progression of a planet orbiting closer to its star until it falls in]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Astronomers are shocked to find our galaxy's nearest neighbor is being torn to shreds ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/space/astronomy/astronomers-are-shocked-to-find-our-galaxys-nearest-neighbor-is-being-torn-to-shreds</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ An analysis of star movements from the Gaia spacecraft reveals that the Small Magellanic Cloud — a satellite galaxy bound to the Milky Way — is being torn apart by its larger neighbor. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2025 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 10 Apr 2025 23:16:49 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.turner@futurenet.com (Ben Turner) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Turner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6K5yERNp47xjZAJULVpd4H-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A photo of the Small Magellanic Cloud captured by the Herschel Space Observatory.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A photo of the Small Magellanic Cloud captured by the Herschel Space Observatory.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Space photo of the week: The chaotic heart of the Milky Way like you've never seen it before ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/space/astronomy/space-photo-of-the-week-the-chaotic-heart-of-the-milky-way-like-youve-never-seen-it-before</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has teamed up with the MeerKAT radio telescope array   to explore how magnetic fields affect star formation at the chaotic center of the Milky Way. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jamie Carter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qY9pM9nJ4R2fm8Ww8UvwrH-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Milky Way captured by the MeerKAT radio telescope array, with the James Webb Space Telescope&#039;s image inset. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An image of the Milky Way captured by the MeerKAT radio telescope. At the center of the MeerKAT image the region surrounding the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole blazes bright. Huge vertical filamentary structures echo those captured on a smaller scale by Webb in Sagittarius C’s blue-green hydrogen cloud. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Gaia telescope retires: Scientists bid farewell to 'the discovery machine of the decade' that mapped 2 billion Milky Way stars ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/space/astronomy/gaia-telescope-retires-scientists-bid-farewell-to-the-discovery-machine-of-the-decade-that-mapped-2-billion-milky-way-stars</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ After 11 years mapping the Milky Way, the European Space Agency's Gaia space telescope has retired. Scientists hailed it as "the discovery machine of the decade." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2025 20:16:24 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 03 Apr 2025 16:47:42 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sharmila Kuthunur ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5NEBV786zgPDE4dBetTPB7-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[ESA/ATG medialab; background: ESO/S. Brunier]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Artist&#039;s impression of the Gaia telescope mapping stars of the Milky Way galaxy.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[an illustration of the Gaia space telescope with the Milky Way in the background]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Unlike any objects we know': Scientists get their best-ever view of 'space tornadoes' howling at the Milky Way's center ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists have gotten the best-ever view of 'space tornadoes' howling near the Milky Way's black hole. The cosmic twisters could play an important role in distributing organic molecules throughout the galaxy. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 22:51:45 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Joanna Thompson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mzrcdFMF77RjapT6JJeL6C-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[I. Heywood, SARAO]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A radio-wave map of the Milky Way&#039;s turbulent center, taken with the MeerKAT telescope. New research used radio observations like these in order to discover previously unknown &#039;tornado&#039;-like structures at the center of our galaxy.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[an abstract image with a black and white background, and red, glowing scratchy shapes in the middle]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ A giant extraterrestrial 'wave' hit Earth 14 million years ago — and may have dramatically altered our planet's climate ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/space/astronomy/a-giant-extraterrestrial-wave-hit-earth-14-million-years-ago-and-may-have-dramatically-altered-our-planets-climate</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Our solar system's journey around the center of the Milky Way takes it through varying galactic environments, and one may have had a lasting impact on Earth's climate, according to a new study. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2025 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 12 Mar 2025 23:25:31 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sharmila Kuthunur ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/YbWhmbBrDe3Z6fxnxEDTob-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Alyssa A. Goodman/Harvard University]]></media:credit>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'This doesn't appear in computer simulations': Hubble maps chaotic history of Andromeda galaxy, and it's nothing like scientists expected ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ An ambitious new survey by the Hubble Space Telescope offers the first bird's-eye view of all known dwarf galaxies orbiting the Andromeda galaxy. The data suggests Andromeda had a chaotic past unlike anything scientists expected. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2025 23:14:59 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 07 Mar 2025 16:21:37 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sharmila Kuthunur ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/v4xTgVpWmatR93VghLsp2H-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Andromeda galaxy, seen here by NASA’s Spitzer space telescope, is the closest large galaxy to the Milky Way — but it seems to have evolved in a much different way, new Hubble data suggests.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An image of a spiral galaxy with blue and orange colors]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Did a supernova 6 million years ago kickstart evolution in Africa? New study offers a clue ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/space/astronomy/did-a-supernova-6-million-years-ago-kickstart-evolution-in-africa-new-study-offers-a-clue</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A curious connection between an ancient supernova and virus diversification in one of Earth's biggest lakes means that crazy cosmic events may have had more influence on our planet than we thought. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2025 18:42:44 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 28 Feb 2025 11:21:16 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.turner@futurenet.com (Ben Turner) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Turner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Nt9AaAJhNhuNQXo9M9mpyh-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[NASA/CXC/M. Weiss]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of a supernova burst.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of a supernova burst.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ NASA supercomputer reveals strange spiral structure at the edge of our solar system ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The mysterious Oort cloud is the source of many of our solar system's comets, but astronomers still have no idea what it looks like. Now, new simulations may have given them a first glimpse. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 23 Feb 2025 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 24 Feb 2025 17:47:25 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.turner@futurenet.com (Ben Turner) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Turner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wcjNYzPC58mxvvY3pvVq7H-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Science Photo Library/Alamy Stock Photo]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s illustration of the Voyager 1 probe travelling into the Oort Cloud.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s illustration of the Voyager 1 probe travelling into the Oort Cloud.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ James Webb Space Telescope discovers mysterious flares near the Milky Way's monster black hole ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Sagittarius A*, our galaxy's supermassive black hole, is constantly producing strange eruptions. Astronomers are using the James Webb Space Telescope to find out why. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.turner@futurenet.com (Ben Turner) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Turner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/eGNwx9vEUoiourtuhUhDwB-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[ ESO/M. Kornmesser]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of a black circle in space shooting a beam of light out of its center]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of a black circle in space shooting a beam of light out of its center]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Scientists discover giant galaxy 32 times bigger than Earth's — and they named it 'trouble' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists have discovered an enormous radio galaxy 32 times the size of the Milky Way. They nicknamed it "Inkathazo," or "trouble," as the team struggles to understand the physics behind it. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jacinta Delhaize ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5yrx3xYaBHZSp2vG3N4A8V-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[K.K.L Charlton (UCT), MeerKAT, HSC, CARTA, IDIA, CC BY]]></media:credit>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Milky Way quiz: How well do you know our home galaxy? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Test your knowledge of the Milky Way's size, speed, age, galactic neighbors and more. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/eCP8T3fX9y88KchvMA7CUe-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[How well do you know our home galaxy?]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Silhouette man sits on the top of rock looking at the beautiful Milky Way Stars at the Grand Canyon of Thailand (Sam Phan Bok)]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Supermassive black holes in 'little red dot' galaxies are 1,000 times larger than they should be, and astronomers don't know why ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "Our measurements imply that the supermassive black hole mass is 10% of the stellar mass in the galaxies we studied." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2025 22:55:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:10:59 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/T9CiuXKJMvy9Pa2HLTqzTF-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration shows seven &quot;little red dot&quot; galaxies embedded in the cosmic web, one of which is dominated by a supermassive black hole.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration shows seven little red dot galaxies embedded in the cosmic web, one of which is dominated by a supermassive black hole.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Mysterious 'ice balls' in space baffle astronomers ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Astronomers have discovered two strange objects that could be young stars — except they're completely surrounded by ice. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jan 2025 19:19:35 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 24 Jan 2025 21:51:52 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.turner@futurenet.com (Ben Turner) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Turner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HoBUMuHRNBrr9hAxpSdPmM-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Images of the two icy objects as seen by the ALMA telescope.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Images of the two icy objects as seen by the ALMA telescope.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Herculean' 2.5-billion-pixel mosaic shows our closest galactic neighbor like never before — and took more than a decade to create ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The new composite image, which combines hundreds of photos from the Hubble Space Telescope, shows the Andromeda Galaxy with more than 200 million individually resolved stars. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HJvzVccmm2bwgQTxr7ttrY-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[NASA, ESA, B. Williams (University of Washington)]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The new mosaic is made up of more than 600 images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A zoomed in section of the mosaic of Andromeda ]]></media:text>
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