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Enormous Stream Of Stars Discovered In Southern Sky
Scientists have discovered a nearby “stellar stream” containing thousands of stars spanning the southern sky. They made the discovery thanks to the recent release of data from the Gaia sky survey.
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Our Galaxy Was Walloped By A Neighbour In Its Not-So-Distant Past, New Analysis Suggests
Space is a chaotic, ever-changing place. But that isn’t limited to exploding stars and colliding black holes. Even our own Milky Way galaxy could have recently received a massive jolt from which it is still recovering.
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Incoming Star Could Spawn Swarms Of Comets When It Passes Our Sun
Artist’s impression of Gliese 710, a sun-like star that will travel through our Solar System’s Oort Cloud in about 1.3 million years. (Image: ESO) For years, scientists have known that Gliese 710 will come excruciatingly close to our Solar System in about a million years. An updated analysis suggests this star will come considerably closer…
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This Is How The Gaia Spacecraft Went To Space In 2 Minutes
The European Space Agency released this nice time-lapse video today of the Soyuz flight VS06.