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Scientists Solve The 40-Year Mystery of a Giant Structure Towering Over The Milky Way
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Michelle Starr
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Astronomers have reclassified the 'Galactic center lobe,' a structure previously thought to be a massive feature at the center of the Milky Way. New research suggests it is actually a much smaller, closer loop of material located only 6,520 light-years from Earth.
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