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Simulations find ghostly whirls of dark matter trailing galaxy arms
A new study suggests they may have a ghostly shadow—trailing dark matter spirals hovering above and below them. A team of ...
Fluke discovery at planetarium leads to revelation about mysterious cosmic cloud: "It's kind of a freak accident"
Scientists have unlocked one of the solar system's many secrets from an unexpected source: a planetarium show.
Hubble filters a barred spiral
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a luminous tangle of stars and dust called the barred spiral galaxy NGC ...
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The Knife Edge Galaxy cuts a sharp profile in new amateur portrait (photo)
The Knife Edge Galaxy is located some 50 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Draco, according to NASA. NGC ...
Astronomers find startling pulsing object in Milky Way: 'Unlike anything we have seen'
The mystery object, located just a short 15,000 light-years from Earth in our Milky Way galaxy, was spotted emitting unusual ...
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An eerie spiral lit up the European skies. Here’s why such light shows are becoming more common
But as humanity rapidly increases the number of objects propelled into space ... experts said the phenomena of the jellyfish and spiral are distinct. The eerie bat signal-like spiral following ...
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Mysterious blue spiral spotted over European skies. What was it? (photos)
Some users even speculated that the spiral could be the work of aliens! Space.com can reveal the identity of the object behind this spectacular event, and unfortunately (possibly reassuringly ...