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Space Probe Spots Weird Microwave Haze in Our GalaxyThe findings will help scientists construct a more detailed blueprint of the cosmos.
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Milky Way's Color Is White As a Morning's SnowThe Milky Way, it turns out, has exactly the right name.
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Hundreds of Alien Worlds Come Into View (Infographic)NASA's Kepler space telescope is helping astronomers find planets all over our region of the Milky Way galaxy.
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Why the Milky Way May Be Facing a Midlife CrisisThe Milky Way and its neighbor, the Andromeda galaxy, seem to be slowing down their rates of star formation.
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90-Year-Old Space Molecule Mystery Has New CluesThe source of these diffuse interstellar bands has been a mystery for nearly 100 years.
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Milky Way Owes Its Shape to Crashes With Dwarf GalaxyThe starry arms of our Milky Way galaxy had a violent birth.
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Milky Way's Baby Stars Linked to Stellar Growth SpurtThe unique relationship between age and the pulsing of Cepheid variable stars allowed astronomers to determine that the star formation in the Milky Way more than tripled a few million years ago.
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When Galaxies Collide: A Q&A on Our Milky Way's FutureAfter about 5 billion years, the Milky Way will be part of the Milkomeda galaxy.
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Colliding Galaxies Offer Preview of Milky Way's Demise
Our Milky Way galaxy is on a collision course with its neighbor galaxy, Andromeda.
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