How the Sun Migrated Across the Milky Way
New research reveals the Sun traveled roughly 10,000 light-years outward from the Milky Way's dangerous inner core billions of years ago — a journey that may have made life on Earth possible.
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New research reveals the Sun traveled roughly 10,000 light-years outward from the Milky Way's dangerous inner core billions of years ago — a journey that may have made life on Earth possible.
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