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Narrowing Down the Mass of the Milky Way

By: RAS_WEB
On: September 20, 2018
In: News, RSSfeeds, Universe Today

Narrowing Down the Mass of the Milky Way

Using information from Gaia’s second data release, a team of scientists have made refined measurements of the mass of the Milky Way.

The post Narrowing Down the Mass of the Milky Way appeared first on Universe Today.

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