Scientists Find Milky Way Arm Closer Than They Thought
Credit: YE XU/SHANGHAI ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY
Astronomers using a network of radio telescopes stretching from Hawaii to the Caribbean have refined measurement of the distance to the Milky Way spiral arm nearest Earth, confirming that it is only about half as distant as previously estimated. "Our neighbors are closer than we thought," says Ye Xu...
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