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    The Galactic Center is the rotational center and the barycenter of the Milky Way. Its central massive object is a supermassive black hole of about 4 million...
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    The galactic coordinate system is a celestial coordinate system in spherical coordinates, with the Sun as its center, the primary direction aligned with...
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    located at a radius of about 27,000 light-years (8.3 kpc) from the Galactic Center, on the inner edge of the Orion Arm, one of the spiral-shaped concentrations...
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  • The Galactic Center Saga is a series of books by author Gregory Benford detailing a galactic war between mechanical and biological life. In the Ocean of...
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  • Galactic Center In 2021, astronomers reported the detection of peculiar, highly circularly polarized intermittent radio waves from near the Galactic Center...
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    The galactic year, also known as a cosmic year, is the duration of time required for the Sun to orbit once around the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. One...
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    galaxies are named by their spiral structures that extend from the center into the galactic disc. The spiral arms are sites of ongoing star formation and are...
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  • Galactic Center may refer to Galactic Center, the rotational center of the Milky Way galaxy The Galactic Center Saga, a series of books Galactic anticenter...
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    Universe does not have a center. Center of the universe (disambiguation) Cosmic microwave background Earth's inner core Galactic Center Geographical centre...
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    (/ˈsædʒ ˈeɪ stɑːr/ SADGE-AY-star), is the supermassive black hole at the Galactic Center of the Milky Way. Viewed from Earth, it is located near the border...
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