Data from ESA's Gaia mission has been used to create an 3D animated view of the Milky Way galaxy's stellar nurseries. CREDIT ...

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A new image from the European Southern Observatory reveals a gas cloud orbiting the Milky Way’s central black hole, offering details on its structure and motion.

Astronomers have discovered a flattened structure of matter around the Milky Way that explains the unusual motion of nearby galaxies.

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