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Gaia: Rewriting the story of the Milky Way

European Space Agency 28 Mar 2025
Video. 00.05.23. For over a decade, ESA’s Gaia mission has mapped our galaxy with stunning precision—rewriting the story of the Milky Way. As its mission enters a new phase, we look back at its most groundbreaking discoveries ... .
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Gaia to Shut Down After More Than a Decade of Mapping the Milky Way

New York Times 27 Mar 2025
After more than a decade of mapping the stars, the European spacecraft will shut down on Thursday. But its legacy lives on ... .
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Saying farewell to Gaia, as the Milky Way-mapping space telescope mission ends

Digital Trends 27 Mar 2025
The Gaia Observatory mission is coming to an end after 12 years of studying our galaxy ....
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The Star Grinder: A Cloud of Black Holes at the Center of the Milky Way

Universe Today 24 Mar 2025
There is a supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy ... the region in visible light.
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Unseen giant molecular cloud detected 23,000 light-years away in the Milky Way

Interesting Engineering 24 Mar 2025
A team of astronomers at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) discovered the cloud at the midpoint of a dust lane within the Milky Way’s central bar, approximately 23,000 light-years away.
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Astronomers discover new giant molecular cloud in the Milky Way

Phys Dot Org 24 Mar 2025
Using the Green Bank Telescope (GBT), astronomers have detected a new giant molecular cloud in the Milky Way galaxy ... The cloud was identified at the midpoint of a dust lane of the Milky Way's bar—at a distance of about 23,000 light years.
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Cosmic 'tornadoes' rage around the heart of the Milky Way and its supermassive black hole

Space 21 Mar 2025
Astronomers have discovered filaments of matter swirling tornado-like around the heart of the Milky Way, home to the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* ....
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A terrifying fate may lurk inside the Milky Way

Popular Science 21 Mar 2025
All good things come to an end—even the Milky Way ... Instead of being annihilated from without, the Milky Way’s cosmic destruction could begin from within ... While astronomers believe that the Milky Way ...
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Astronomers discover 'space tornadoes' around the Milky Way's core

Phys Dot Org 19 Mar 2025
Swirling through the Milky Way's central zone, in the turbulent region surrounding the ...
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Astronomers Discover ‘Space Tornadoes’ Around the Milky Way’s Core (Associated Universities Inc)

Public Technologies 19 Mar 2025
) Swirling through the Milky Way's central zone, in the turbulent region surrounding the supermassive black hole at the core of our galaxy, dust and gases constantly churn as ...
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Dust Obscures Our View of the Cosmos. Now it's Mapped Out in the Milky Way

Universe Today 18 Mar 2025
Interstellar dust is scattered throughout the Milky Way, which limits our view depending on where we look.
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Hanington: Enjoying Snickers ice cream in the Milky Way

Elko Daily Free Press 18 Mar 2025
Originally, the company made the Snickers bars by pouring peanut butter nougat onto a large tray, layering caramel and peanuts on top, hand-slicing and dipping each bar into melted chocolate — a very labor-intensive product ... .
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