Astronomers have found the Milky Way’s first known ‘feather’
The gaseous structure bridges two of the galaxy’s spiral arms
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The Milky Way’s spiral arms, shown in this artist’s illustration, may have feathery bridges of gas connecting them, a new study suggests.
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