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A stronomers have found more evidence that there is a massive ripple traveling through the Milky Way. They have found evidence that stars at the edge of the galactic disk are moving like people doing ...
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Located in the remote northern reaches of Pennsylvania’s Potter County, Cherry Springs sits atop a 2,300-foot mountain surrounded by the sprawling Susquehannock State Forest. It’s a place where ...
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I nterstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is about to vanish from view. Earth and this interstellar interloper will be on opposite sides ...
For decades, astronomers believed Andromeda and the Milky Way were destined to merge in about 4 billion years. But new ...
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