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Topic: Milky Way

A view of the Milky Way supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* in polarized light. (EHT Collaboration)

Black hole pic reveals Milky Way enigma

Artist's impression of a cloud of smoke and dust being thrown out by a red giant star. Seen from the left the star remains bright but if viewed from the right it fades to invisibility. (Philip Lucas/University of Hertfordshire)

Strange new star discovered in Milky Way

The NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) instrument on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s reveals a portion of the Milky Way’s dense core in a new light. An estimated 500,000 stars shine in this image of the Sagittarius C (Sgr C) region, along with some as-yet unidentified features. (NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, and S. Crowe (University of Virginia))

James Webb reveals new Milky Way details

The Sparkler galaxy provides a snap-shot of an infant Milky Way as it accretes mass over cosmic time. This image shows an artist impression of our Milky Way galaxy in its youth. (James Josephides/Swinburne University)

Mini Milky Way? NASA spots a new galaxy

Milky Way Galaxy (Getty Images/Suchart Kuathan)

Google Maps for the Milky Way

In this handout photo provided by NASA, This is the first image of Sgr A*, the supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy. (NASA Via Getty Images)

First image of our galaxy's black hole

Milky Way Galaxy (Getty Images)

Milky Way matured earlier, study says

Spiral galaxy halo (Getty Images)

The stars that are leaving the galaxy

Milky Way Galaxy (Getty Images)

A new atlas of the universe

Radio transmission to the Milky way galaxy and star dusts in deep space (Getty Images)

What a new space radio signal tells us

The immense Andromeda galaxy, also known as Messier 31

Galaxies are eating each other

JoEllen McBride

(Getty/ClaudioVentrella)

Mapping dark matter

Keith A. Spencer

Grace Guarnieri

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