[ad_1] The Gaia Space Telescope measured the acceleration of the Solar System as it orbits the center of our galaxy, the Milky Way. The motion of the Solar System with respect to the stars agrees with the results of Finnish astronomers in the 19th century. Additionally, Gaia’s observational data improves …
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[ad_1] IMAGE: A diagram of the Milky Way’s two most important companion galaxies, the Large Magellanic Cloud or LMC (left) and the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) made using data from … view More Credit: ESA / Gaia / DPAC On December 3, an international team of astronomers will announce the …
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[ad_1] IMAGE: The Voyager spacecraft continues to make discoveries even as it travels through interstellar space. In a new study, physicists at the University of Iowa report on Voyager’s detection of cosmic rays … sight More Credit: NASA / JPL More than 40 years after its launch, the Voyager probe …
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