Study: Milky Way 50 pct. more massive than thought
Monday, January 5, 2009 - 17:49
in Astronomy & Space
Take that, Andromeda! For decades, astronomers thought when it came to the major galaxies in Earth's cosmic neighborhood, our Milky Way was a weak sister to the larger Andromeda. Not anymore. The Milky Way is considerably larger, bulkier and spinning faster than astronomers once thought, Andromeda's equal.
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