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Strange 300 Light Year Long Filament In the Milky Way Finally Explained

2025-05-19 Science & Technology
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Top Comments (10)

@BradGryphonn 2025-05-19

That's an eye floater...

84 1 replies
@Shacthulhu 2025-05-19

“The Snake” and “Major Kink”… heh heh

97 7 replies
@mcnaugha 2025-05-19

It’s clearly the Borg transwarp network. The kink points are the hubs.

126 10 replies
@diGritz1 2025-05-20

0:42 Looks like something Picasso would have painted during his chaotic period.

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@TerryCheever 2025-05-19

Never ceases to amaze.

37 1 replies
@polyvg 2025-05-20

As Sherlock might have said: "Filamentary my dear Anton!"

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@hunterwilk 2025-05-20

I have never heard of these filaments. Man, I love astronomy and science in general because just when i think i have a good grasp of whats known and unknown, something crazy pops out. Cheers.

47 3 replies
@TexanMiror2 2025-05-19

Fascinating. The various spectrum images of the milky way always amaze me. Thank you as always for the constant flow of information!

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@grouchy88 2025-05-22

No matter how exhausting my day was, that smile at the end of the video always puts me in a good mood ✌️

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@boboala1 2025-05-19

Very interesting, and the colorful graphics were off the chart!

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