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🗺️ A Brand-New Cosmic AddressWhere exactly is our Solar System in the grand spiral of the Milky Way?

https://www.myscrappydays.com/news.php?slug=our-new-galactic-address 🗺️ A Brand-New Cosmic Address Where exactly is our Solar System in the grand spiral of the Milky Way? For decades, astronomers thought they had the answer. But a new, ultra-precise map has rewritten our cosmic coordinates—and it turns out we live closer to the galaxy’s beating heart than we ever imagined. That heart, of course, is home to a mysterious giant: the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A*. #MilkyWay #SolarSystem #SagittariusA #Galacticcenter #VERA #Astronomy #Space #Blackhole #Newmap

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Hundreds of One-Dimensional Strands Found Lurking in Our Galaxy's Core

Behold, the stringy, rainbowesque melange of one-dimensional structures hidden in plain sight across the galactic center. Or should we say plane sight? The tendrils measure 5 to 150 light-years in length, and now a team of scientists has found filaments that stretch out parallel to the galactic plane surrounding the… Read more…