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February 9, 2013

The Big Dipper Will Be Gone in 100,000 Years

Ethan Siegel, ScienceBlogs


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When you look out into the Universe, what is it that you typically think of? Do you think of reliable, fixed stars and constellations? The vast expanse of the Milky Way, with its memorable dust lanes and amorphous shapes?

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