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  "path": "/astronomy/stars/starbirth-shuts-down-40-000-light-years-from-the-milky-ways-core-and-astronomers-dont-know-why",
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  "textContent": "Astronomers have found the boundary of star formation in the Milky Way's spiral disk — and it's not as far out from the center of our galaxy as you might imagine.",
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