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Astronomers Find the Edge of the Milky Way

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Astronomers mapped the Milky Way’s star-forming disk and found a sharp transition about 35,000 to 40,000 light-years from the galactic center. Beyond that boundary, star formation drops off and the outer disk is dominated by older stars that likely migrated outward over time. [skyandtelescope.org]

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