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  "id": "usa-milky-way",
  "name": "Milky Way",
  "type": "object",
  "locale": "en",
  "canonicalPath": "/us/object/milky-way",
  "canonicalUrl": "https://atlas.lootura.com/us/object/milky-way",
  "markdownUrl": "https://atlas.lootura.com/us/object/milky-way/index.md",
  "jsonUrl": "https://atlas.lootura.com/us/object/milky-way/index.json",
  "description": "Follow Milky Way, a tracked object, in Lootura: recent changes, timeline, related context, and source-backed evidence.",
  "updatedAt": "2026-08-12T20:40:38.161Z",
  "aliases": [
    "The Milky Way",
    "Milky Way Galaxy",
    "The Milky Way Galaxy",
    "Milky Way galaxy",
    "Celestial River",
    "Local Galaxy",
    "The Galaxy"
  ],
  "changes": [
    {
      "title": "Giant balloon gives rise to new view of the Milky Way’s centre",
      "summary": "Nature, Published online: 12 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02463-y Airborne camera gathers data about the high-energy particles emanating from the core of our Galaxy.",
      "date": "2026-08-12"
    },
    {
      "title": "Stellar stream beyond Milky Way offers new tool to map dark matter",
      "summary": "In the image above, a faint trail of stars can be seen stretching across the galaxy. These structures, known as globular cluster stellar streams, are coherent stellar structures that retain a record of their dynamical history and can provide unique insights into the evolution of galaxies and the nature of dark matter.",
      "date": "2026-08-12"
    },
    {
      "title": "Discovered by Atlas",
      "summary": "Milky Way first entered the public knowledge record with source-backed evidence.",
      "date": "2026-08-12"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Giant balloon gives rise to new view of the Milky Way’s centre",
      "url": "https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02463-y?utm_source=lootura.com",
      "publishedAt": "2026-08-12T20:40:47.186Z",
      "sourceId": "lootura-us-nature"
    },
    {
      "title": "Stellar stream beyond Milky Way offers new tool to map dark matter",
      "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-08-stellar-stream-milky-tool-dark.html?utm_source=lootura.com",
      "publishedAt": "2026-08-12T20:20:06.000Z",
      "sourceId": "lootura-us-phys-org"
    }
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  "evidenceCount": 2
}