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Something extremely weird is happening to our galactic neighbor. Scientists think they know why

The Small Magellanic Cloud's unusually slow stellar rotation results from a hundred-million-year-old collision with the Large Magellanic Cloud that disrupted its normal dynamical state.

fromFuturism

2 weeks ago

Astronomers Spot Huge Microwave Laser Blasting Into Space

This system is truly extraordinary. We're seeing the radio equivalent of a laser halfway across the universe. Fundamentally, masers and lasers are focused beams of light in the same frequency. In the realm of astrophysics, these can arise from clouds of dust being excited into a higher energy state from the light emitted by other sources, like stars and black holes.

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fromMail Online

6 months ago

Scientists reveal when our galaxy's black hole will erupt into life

Sagittarius A*, a 4.3-million-solar-mass black hole, will likely awaken and feed when the Milky Way collides with the Large Magellanic Cloud in 2.4 billion years.

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fromwww.npr.org

8 months ago