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Astronomers give terrifying glimpse into how Earth could end
Its job is to analyse the composition of stars and gas both in the Milky Way and in distant galaxies. WEAVE is part of the William Herschel Telescope at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory on ...
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'Shiva and Shakti': The ancient star streams that helped weave the Milky Way
The streams of stars are so old that they likely formed before even the spiral arms or extended disk of the Milky Way began ...
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WEAVE's view of Stephan's Quintet (IMAGE)
The hexagon denotes the approximate coverage of the new WEAVE observations of the system, which is 36 kpc wide (similar in size to our own galaxy, the Milky Way).
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When Will The Milky Way Smash Into The Andromeda Galaxy? It May Already Be Underway, Say Scientists
This illustration shows a stage in the predicted merger between our Milky Way galaxy and the ... [+] neighboring Andromeda galaxy, as it will unfold over the next several billion years.