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Types of stars in the Milky Way Galaxy by Lawrence George Most stars, around 90% of the total, are red dwarfs. We don't see them in our night skies, because they are too faint, but they make up the vast majority of the Milky Way Galaxy. They burn slowly and coolly (with surface temperatures of around 3000C... More> Nomad planets of the Milky Way Galaxy by James Vigh “Nomad” planets (also called “ rogue planets ”) are planets that are not attached to any particular star and are not part of any particular solar system. Scientists now believe that that there are more of these heavenly bodie... More>
	What will happen when the Andromeda galaxy and the Milky Way collide by Patrick Sills It is believed that the universe formed from an event known as the Big Bang. Some 15 billion years ago, a massive clump of matter had seemingly formed from nothing. Theological arguments aside, this ball of gas and dust expanded to the point of expl... More> Wonders of the Milky Way galaxy by Lawrence George The Milky Way galaxy is our home. While we may think it is just Earth and the Sun, and maybe the planets of the Solar System too, we are members of a family of stars some 100 000 light years across, along with perhaps 400 billion other stars and the... More>
The Magellanic Clouds by D. Vogt The Magellanic Clouds are a pair of nearby galaxies which are visible from the Southern hemisphere: the Large Magellanic Cloud, and the Small Magellanic Cloud. The oldest Middle Eastern astrological writings refer to these regions of the sky, but th... More> The Virgo cluster of galaxies by D. Vogt The Virgo Cluster is a galaxy cluster located about 60 million light-years from the Earth, consisting of over a thousand individual galaxies. It is at the astronomical centre of the Virgo Supercluster (a group of galaxy clusters, including our own),... More>
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