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Could Science Stop Aging? And the Milky Way’s “Broken Arm”

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How Can You Tell That a Galaxy Has a Broken Arm?

Astronomers have recently found a break in our home galaxy's arm. There are several theories for what caused the break, from expanding super bubbles to gravitational instabilities. We've seen splinters like this in other distant galaxies, so they don't seem to be rare but this is the first one we've observed up close.

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