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  2. Universal Natural History and Theory of the Heavens - Wikipedia

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    Universal Natural History and Theory of the Heavens (German: Allgemeine Naturgeschichte und Theorie des Himmels), subtitled or an Attempt to Account for the Constitutional and Mechanical Origin of the Universe upon Newtonian Principles, [a] is a work written and published anonymously by Immanuel Kant in 1755.

  3. Anthropic principle - Wikipedia

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    An entire chapter argues that Homo sapiens is, with high probability, the only intelligent species in the Milky Way. The book begins with an extensive review of many topics in the history of ideas the authors deem relevant to the anthropic principle, because the authors believe that principle has important antecedents in the notions of ...

  4. Milky Way - Wikipedia

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    The Milky Way [c] is the galaxy that includes the Solar System, with the name describing the galaxy's appearance from Earth: a hazy band of light seen in the night sky formed from stars that cannot be individually distinguished by the naked eye.

  5. Milk of Hera - Wikipedia

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    The Origin of the Milky Way by Jacopo Tintoretto.. The myth of the milk of Hera (Ancient Greek: Ἥρας γάλα, romanized: Hḗras gala) is an ancient Greek myth and explanation of the origin of the Milky Way within the context of creation myths.

  6. Milky Way (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    The Milky Way forms the abdomen of the dolphin and is called Akasaganga which means "The Ganges River of the Sky". [ 18 ] According to Hindu mythology, Vishnu lies meditating on Shesha with his consort Lakshmi , in the Kshira Sagara (Sea of Milk), which is a representation of Milky Way.

  7. Galaxy - Wikipedia

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    The Milky Way galaxy is a member of an association named the Local Group, a relatively small group of galaxies that has a diameter of approximately one megaparsec. The Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy are the two brightest galaxies within the group; many of the other member galaxies are dwarf companions of these two. [176]

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  9. Great Attractor - Wikipedia

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    Through a series of peculiar velocity tests, astrophysicists found that the Milky Way was moving in the direction of the constellation of Centaurus at about 600 km/s. [ citation needed ] Then, the discovery of cosmic microwave background (CMB) dipoles was used to reflect the motion of the Local Group of galaxies towards the Great Attractor. [ 5 ]