Astronomers Find a 'Break' in One of the Milky Way's Spiral Arms
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The newly discovered feature offers insight into the large-scale structure of our galaxy, which is difficult to study from Earth’s position inside it.
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Bad Astronomy, Are galactic spiral arms traffic jams or do they wind up? The evidence is… polarizing.
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Astronomers Discover Hundreds of High-Velocity Stars, Many on Their Way Out of the Milky Way - Universe Today
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Astronomers Find a 'Break' in One of the Milky Way's Spiral Arms
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Astronomers Find a Spine Along Spiral Arms of the Milky Way - Universe Today
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Astronomers discover giant wave-shaped structure in the Milky Way
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Astronomers Find a 'Break' in One of the Milky Way's Spiral Arms
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What Does the Milky Way Look Like? Astronomers Use High-School Math to Find Out
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Astronomers may have spotted a new spiral arm of the Milky Way galaxy
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The Milky Way Might Never Become An Elliptical Galaxy
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IRAM
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A Break in the Milky Way's Sagittarius Arm (diagram)
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ESA - Why was it so difficult to study the Milky Way before Gaia?
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Astronomers discover giant wave-shaped structure in the Milky Way