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The Inner and Outer Milky Way Aren't the Same Thickness, and that's Surprising


first glance, the universe and night sky seem largely unchanging. The reality is very different, even now, a gas cloud is charging toward the Milky Way Galaxy and is expected to crash into us in 27 million years.

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