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Of course, the ghostly structure isn't a real bone, but rather a galactic center filament, one of many massive structures created by radio waves threaded along magnetic fields at the center of the Milky Way galaxy.—
Stefanie Waldek,
Space.com,
7 May 2025 -
Another team, led by astronomer Yimeng Tang at the University of California, Santa Cruz, compared FCC 224's properties to other galaxies that seemingly lack dark matter, focusing on two ghostly objects within the NGC 1052 group about 65 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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The technique captures light across a range of spectral bands beyond what the human eye can see.—
Leslie Katz,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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When astronomers examined the spectrum of Van Maanen 2 on one of these plates, they were astonished to see spectral features usually associated with much more massive stars—namely, a strong calcium absorption line in the star’s atmosphere.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
28 Mar. 2025
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As the casualties have mounted, locals have speculated on everything from the birds being electrocuted by power lines to a phantom serial bird killer being on the loose.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
12 May 2025
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Last month, Mulaney hosted Letterman — one of his absurdist late night heroes — on an episode focused on the lack of information men have about their height as part of a series-long gag about the phantom problem.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
1 May 2025
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“Ghostlike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ghostlike. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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