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Milky Way's Particle Accelerators
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009 - Anuradha Menon
Researchers from the Astronomical Institute at Utrecht University have been observing the Milky Way’s particle accelerators...

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Stars take 'Wild Rides' Around the Milky Way

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009 - 10:42:24 - Anuradha Menon

Astronomers announced today that stars of a recently discovered type, dubbed ultracool subdwarfs, take some pretty wild rides as they orbit around...

The Nearest Galaxy to the Milky Way
Monday, May 18th, 2009 - Sarah Gingichashvili
The Milky Way, sometimes called simply the Galaxy, is the galaxy in which our Solar System is located. It is a barred spiral...

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Galactic Dust Bunnies Contain Carbon

Friday, March 13th, 2009 - 18:21:07 - Anuradha Menon

Using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, researchers have found evidence suggesting that stars rich in carbon complex molecules may form at the center...

Dark Matter Structures in the Milky Way Resolved
Thursday, January 29th, 2009 - Shalhevet Bar-Asher
Cosmologists from the US and Switzerland were able to resolve dark matter structures in the Milky Way. Using a computer...

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A Close Look at the Black Hole in the Milky Way
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008 - Shalhevet Bar-Asher
An international team of astronomers, led by an MIT astronomer, have observed the sharpest resolution images to date of the...