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The Milky Way may be spawning many more stars than astronomers had thought

The Milky Way is churning out far more stars than previously thought, according to a new estimate of its star formation rate. Gamma rays from aluminum-26, a radioactive isotope that arises primarily from massive stars, reveal that the…
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Syria’s Idlib’s ancient ruins, a perfect spot to shoot stunning images of the Milky Way

Despite 11 years of war tearing Syria apart, Idlib province and its ancient ruins made a perfect spot to shoot stunning images of the night sky, as shown in an AFP time-lapse video. In the footages capture sparkling stars and the band of…
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Space probe reveals secrets of ‘restless’ Milky Way

The Gaia space probe on Monday unveiled its latest discoveries in its quest to map the Milky Way in unprecedented detail, surveying nearly two million stars and revealing mysterious “starquakes” which sweep across the fiery giants like vast…
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The discovery of a huge “barrier” between the center of the Milky Way and the sea of…

A team of astronomers has made the astonishing discovery of a barrier in the Milky Way. A team of researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Nanjing has investigated a map of radioactive gamma rays - the highest energy form in…
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