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By Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA
July 22, 2016
![[article image]](https://cacm.acm.org/system/assets/0002/4385/72216.jpl.nasa.x-shaped_bulge_milky_way.large.jpg?1476779511&1469200253 "X-shaped structure in bulge of Milky Way")
A new understanding of our galaxy's structure began in an unlikely way: on Twitter. A research effort sparked by tweets led scientists to confirm that the Milky Way's central bulge of stars forms an "X" shape.
From Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA
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