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Astronomers detected a gigantic wave pattern in a large portion of the Milky Way galaxy by analyzing data from young stars.

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Tiny crystals in Earth’s crust may have recorded meteorite and comet impacts as our planet traveled through the spiral arms ...

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Anyone who studies planetary formation would relish the opportunity to get a close-up look at an interstellar object. Sending ...