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Honey, I Blew up the Galaxy

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Honey, I Blew up the Galaxy
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Honey, I Blew up the Galaxy
March 16, 2015 at 6:43 pm
This research says it's 50% larger by diameter than previously thought. Nothing about the number of stars.

http://phys.org/news/2015-03-corrugated-...tml#ajTabs
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