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How do galaxies grow while ensnared in the universe's cosmic web?New simulations show how thousands of galaxies evolve by traveling through the strands of gas, dust and stars that make up the universe's "cosmic web."
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Hubble tracks farthest and most powerful fast radio burst back to 'blob' of 7 galaxiesThe most powerful and distant fast radio burst ever seen has been tracked to a "blob" of galaxies that existed when the universe was less than half its current age.
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Scientists find ultra-rare collection of molecules in 2 ancient galaxies from the early universeScientists discovered 13 molecules, including some never spotted before in the early universe, inside two galaxies located 12 billion light-years away.
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How many times has the sun traveled around the Milky Way?Our solar system has been orbiting the Milky Way's black hole heart for 4.6 billion years. But it is hard to pin down exactly how many trips around the galaxy our sun has made during that time.
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James Webb telescope finds 'vanishing' galaxy from the dawn of the universeThe early galaxy AzTECC71 is so far away it keeps disappearing from telescope observations. A new study by the James Webb Space Telescope finally pins it down.
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How to see the bright Andromeda Galaxy shine overhead this weekLocated about 2.5 million light-years from our solar system, Andromeda is the most distant object visible to the naked eye.
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Space photo of the week: Battling black holes pull two galaxies apartSpace photo of the week The Gemini South telescope captured the chaotic aftermath of a billion-year-old collision between two spiral galaxies — and their super-close supermassive black holes.
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James Webb telescope uncovers mysterious Milky Way 'twin' in the early universeA Milky Way doppleganger discovered in the early universe suggests some key physical ingredient is missing from cosmological models.
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The oldest continents in the Milky Way may be 5 billion years older than Earth'sSeveral exoplanets at the edge of our galaxy could have formed continents — and advanced life — 5 billion years earlier than Earth, new research suggests.
