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Researchers create map of Milky Way’s graveyard of dead stars

Researchers create map of Milky Way’s graveyard of dead stars

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Researchers have created a chart of the corpses of massive stars that have since collapsed into black holes and neutron stars. The study reveals that this “galactic graveyard” stretches three times the height of the Milky Way and that close to one-third of the objects have been flung out from the galaxy. “These compact remnants […]

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Astronomers capture 1st image of Milky Way’s huge black hole

Astronomers capture 1st image of Milky Way’s huge black hole

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The world got a look Thursday at the first wild but fuzzy image of the supermassive black hole at the centre of our own Milky Way galaxy. Astronomers believe nearly all galaxies, including our own, have these giant black holes at their centre, where light and matter cannot escape, making it extremely hard to get […]

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