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ScienceDaily: Galaxies News

ScienceDaily: Galaxies News


Weighing the Milky Way: Researchers devise precise method for calculating the mass of galaxies

Posted: 29 Jul 2014 07:49 PM PDT

Does the Milky Way look fat in this picture? Has Andromeda been taking skinny selfies? Using a new, more accurate method for measuring the mass of galaxies, and international group of researchers has shown that the Milky Way has half the Mass of the Andromeda Galaxy.

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