The 2017 Total Solar Eclipse Will Be Historic — Here’s Why

Strange Galaxies

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Solar eclipses aren’t the only unusual astronomical phenomena; there are many others. For example, you can find (using a very big telescope) “ultra-diffuse” galaxies; which contain just 1% as many stars as an ordinary galaxy. Nobody knows why these galaxies exist though some believe they’re bits that fell off of other galaxies.