Earth is 2,000 light years closer to the Milky Way's supermassive black hole than previously thought
A new map of the Milky Way created by the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan shows Earth is spiraling faster and is 2,000 light years closer to the supermassive black hole at the center of our ...
Earth just got 7 km/s faster and about 2000 light-years closer to the supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. But don’t worry, this doesn’t mean that our planet is plunging ...
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Finding Earth’s address: How astronomers located our solar system in the galaxy
Finding Earth’s exact position in the galaxy took centuries of observation and innovation. This story follows astronomers as ...
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