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Stellar Black Hole Is So Massive It Shouldn't ExistA gigantic black hole 15,000 light-years from our planet is twice as massive as what researchers thought was possible in our own galaxy.
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How Massive Is the Milky Way?It's a straightforward question, but not an easy one to answer.
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Spinning Grains of Cosmic Dust Could Explain Weird Signals at the North PoleA mysterious cosmic signal that was detected above the North Pole could be coming from fast-spinning grains of dust.
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Stunning Cosmic Map Shows the Location of 1.7 Billion StarsThe stunning new map from the Gaia mission shows 1.7 billion stars in the Milky Way.
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New Evidence May Identify Mystery Object at Milky Way Galaxy's CoreKnown to many as "G2," the unidentified object making a loop around the monster black hole at the center of our galaxy could be a cloud of gas, or it could be a star, depending on who you ask.
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Cosmic Case of Missing Stars Baffles ScientistsA massive population of stars is missing, and scientists are stumped as to where it could be.
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Doomed Space Cloud Nears Milky Way's Black Hole as Scientists WatchA cloud of gas headed for the heart of the Milky Way could provide insight into how black holes are supersized.
