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Scientists Find Doublehelix at Center of Milky Way

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the that's-no-moon dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Astronomers report an unprecedented elongated double helix nebula near the center of our Milky Way galaxy, using observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. The part of the nebula the astronomers observed stretches 80 light years in length."

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  1. Re:Deep thoughts by qazsedcft · · Score: 3, Insightful

    But as far as science is concerned whatever may be beyond our universe is irrelevant because we have no way of observing it. It's exactly like the falling tree in a forest question.