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What will happen to the solar system when the Milky Way and Andromeda Galaxy merge?
Predictions are uncertain, but the solar system may be pushed farther from the galactic core or even ejected entirely from ...
Andromeda Galaxy: A barred spiral galaxy, the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way. It was originally named Andromeda Nebula.
Centaurus A: NGC 5128 is a galaxy in constellation Centaurus, discovered in 1826 by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop. Messier ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN6d
Check Out NASA’s New Image of the Brilliant Bullseye Galaxy, the Aftermath of a Rare Cosmic Collision
After a blue dwarf galaxy shot through it like an arrow, the large Bullseye now has nine rings—six more than any other galaxy ...
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5 Amazing Constellations and Why You Should Get to Know Them
Possibly one of the best-known constellations in the northern sky, Ursa Major—or the Great Bear—contains an asterism of seven ...
Starwatch: October belongs to Pegasus
October belongs to Pegasus and the water constellations, which float through the southern sky after nightfall. Reigning supreme high in the south are the Great Square of Pegasus and, stretching from ...
Hubble telescope locates gargantuan galaxy with nine mysterious rings
Hubble Telescope previously discovered eight rings of the gargantuan structure, but astronomers confirmed the ninth ring with ...
Supercomputer simulations of giant radio galaxy formation challenge current theoretical models
Enabled by supercomputing, University of Pretoria (UP) researchers have led an international team of astronomers that has ...
Five of the best luxury hotels in the world for stargazing
Reach for the stars with our guide to the best dark-sky reserves on the planet, from the French Pyrenees to the Atacama ...
Five of the best destinations for stargazing
Reach for the stars with our guide to the best dark-sky reserves on the planet, from the French Pyrenees to the Atacama ...
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NASA’s Hubble Spots a Stunning Galaxy With Nine Mysterious Expanding Rings
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured a breathtaking and unprecedented sight in deep space—a galaxy rippling with nine ...
101 Galaxies Later: Why the Milky Way Stands Out in the Universe
New research from the SAGA Survey, comparing the Milky Way with 101 similar galaxies, unveils how our galaxy differs ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN14h
An Enormous, Branching String of Galaxy Clusters Is the Largest Known Structure in the Universe, Scientists Say
The cosmic superstructure Quipu is more than 13,000 times the length of the Milky Way, and its mass is 200 quadrillion times ...