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Milky Way's fastest stars are 'runaways' from another galax
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jul 5 (ANI): The fastest-moving stars in our galaxy are in fact runaways from a much smaller galaxy in orbit around our own, according to a recent study.
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Satellite galaxies at edge of Milky Way coexist with dark matter
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar. 31 (ANI): A new research has ruled out a challenge to the accepted standard model of the universe and theory of how galaxies form by shedding new light on a problematic structure.
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Two largest satellite galaxies Magellanic Clouds bridged by stars
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb. 8 (ANI): According to an international team of astronomers led by researchers from University Of Cambridge, the Magellanic Clouds, the two largest satellite galaxies of the Milky Way, appear to be connected by a bridge stretching across 43,000 light years.
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Our galaxy's 'halo' spinning in same way as its disk
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C, Jul 26 (ANI): Milky Way's halo is spinning and that too just like its disk, which contains our stars, planets, gas and dust, according to a team of astronomers.
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