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Milky Way

Spiral galaxy in the Local Group containing the Solar System; its appearance across the night sky in areas with little to no light pollution

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Nov 17, 2025
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What evidence supports the claim that JWST detected an object from another universe?

No credible evidence in the provided reporting shows JWST has detected an object “from another universe”; available sources document JWST discoveries of interstellar visitors (3I/ATLAS), very distant ...

Jan 16, 2026

where are the stars

Stars are overwhelmingly concentrated inside galaxies — vast islands of gas, dust and stars such as the Milky Way, which itself contains on the order of 100 billion stars — and beyond that the observa...

Nov 15, 2025

3i atlas location

3I/ATLAS (C/2025 N1) is an interstellar comet first reported on 1 July 2025 by the ATLAS survey telescope in Río Hurtado, Chile; it is the third confirmed interstellar object and posed no threat to Ea...

Nov 13, 2025

How do we know black holes exist?

Astronomers know black holes exist because multiple, independent observational lines converge on the same conclusion: , even though the holes themselves emit no light. Direct radio imaging of black-ho...

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