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Astronomers have captured an unprecedented visible-light image of 60 million stars in the Milky Way's core, revealing details that could unlock discoveries of alien worlds. New observations are also tracing ghost particles and rare cotton-candy planets to distant star-forming galaxies.
what's happening
·Crispest visible-light view ever made of the galaxy's core shows 60 million stars in sharp detail
·Ghost particles detected originating from a distant star-forming galaxy
·Rare cotton-candy planets discovered orbiting a distant star
·High-resolution imaging could help identify countless exoplanets around distant stars
drawn from BBC Sky at Night Magazine, Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Astronomy.com, MUSIC SCENE MEDIA · updated 2d ago