A giant wave is rippling through the Milky Way, and scientists don’t know why

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Our Milky Way is far from calm — it ripples with a colossal wave spanning tens of thousands of light-years, revealed by ESA’s Gaia telescope. This wave, moving through the galaxy’s disc like ripples in water, shifts stars up and down in a mesmerizing pattern. Astronomers, studying young giant and Cepheid stars, think even the […]

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