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# Milky Way

Astronomers have discovered a galaxy resembling the Milky Way that formed surprisingly early in the universe's history. Meanwhile, new research hints at the potential detection of dark matter at the galactic center.

### About Milky Way
The Milky Way is the barred spiral galaxy containing our Solar System.  

### Insights
- milky way engagements is up XXXXXX% from the previous week.
- milky way Engagements hit a 52-Week high of XXXXXXXXXX for the day
- milky way Engagements hit an all time of XXXXXXXXXX for the day

### Engagements: XXXXXXXXX (24h)
![Engagements Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:milky-way/c:line/m:interactions/iv:1d.svg)  
[Engagements 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/milky-way/time-series/interactions.tsv)  
Current Value: XXXXXXXXX  
Daily Average: XXXXXXXXX  
X Week: XXXXXXXXXXX +377%  
X Month: XXXXXXXXXXX +76%  
X Months: XXXXXXXXXXX +61%  
X Year: XXXXXXXXXXX +76%  
1-Year High: XXXXXXXXXX on 2025-12-06  
1-Year Low: XXX on 2025-10-31  

Engagements by network (24h):
News: XXXXX
Reddit: XXXXXX
TikTok: XXXXXXX
X: XXXXXXX
YouTube: XXXXXXXXX

  
  
### Mentions: XXXXX (24h)
![Mentions Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:milky-way/c:line/m:posts_active/iv:1d.svg)  
[Mentions 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/milky-way/time-series/posts_active.tsv)  
Current Value: XXXXX  
Daily Average: XXXXX  
X Week: XXXXX -XX%  
X Month: XXXXXX +29%  
X Months: XXXXXX +116%  
X Year: XXXXXX +169%  
1-Year High: XXXXX on 2025-11-26  
1-Year Low: XX on 2025-10-29  

Mentions by network (24h):
News: XX
Reddit: XXXXX
TikTok: XXXXX
X: XXXXX
YouTube: XXXXX

  
  
### Creators: XXXXX (24h)
![Creators Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:milky-way/c:line/m:contributors_active/iv:1d.svg)  
[Creators 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/milky-way/time-series/contributors_active.tsv)  
XXXXX unique social accounts have posts mentioning Milky Way in the last XX hours which is down XXXX% from XXXXX in the previous XX hours
Daily Average: XXX  
X Week: XXXXX -XX%  
X Month: XXXXXX +16%  
X Months: XXXXXX +128%  
X Year: XXXXXX +150%  
1-Year High: XXXXX on 2025-11-26  
1-Year Low: XX on 2025-10-29  

The most influential creators that mention Milky Way in the last XX hours

| Creator                                                        | Rank | Followers | Posts | Engagements |
| -------                                                        | ---- | --------- | ----- | ----------- |
| [@thebrainmazetbm](/creator/youtube/thebrainmazetbm)           | X    | XXXXXX    | X     | XXXXXXX     |
| [@1mingalaxy](/creator/youtube/1mingalaxy)                     | X    | XXXXX     | X     | XXXXXXX     |
| [@thenexush](/creator/youtube/thenexush)                       | X    | XXXXXX    | X     | XXXXXX      |
| [@cosmixhq](/creator/youtube/cosmixhq)                         | X    | XXXXX     | X     | XXXXXX      |
| [@thebrainmaze](/creator/tiktok/thebrainmaze)                  | X    | XXXXXXX   | X     | XXXXXX      |
| [@scienceexplorers2000](/creator/youtube/scienceexplorers2000) | X    | XXXXXX    | X     | XXXXXX      |
| [@scenic_universex](/creator/youtube/scenic_universex)         | X    | XXX       | X     | XXXXXX      |
| [@factwhizz0](/creator/youtube/factwhizz0)                     | X    | XXXXXXX   | X     | XXXXXX      |
| [@spacemysteries](/creator/youtube/spacemysteries)             | X    | XXXXX     | X     | XXXXXX      |
| [@cleoabram](/creator/youtube/cleoabram)                       | XX   | XXXXXXXXX | X     | XXXXXX      |

[View More](/list/creators/milky-way/100)
  
  
### Sentiment: XX%
![Sentiment Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:milky-way/c:line/m:sentiment/iv:1d.svg)  
[Sentiment 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/milky-way/time-series/sentiment.tsv)  
Current Value: XX%  
Daily Average: XX%  
X Week: XX% +1%  
X Month: XX% +2%  
X Months: XX% +5%  
X Year: XX% +6%  
1-Year High: XXX% on 2025-10-29  
1-Year Low: XX% on 2025-02-09  

Most Supportive Themes:
- Milky Way Photography and Observation: (40%) Capturing and observing the Milky Way galaxy, often in stunning natural landscapes.
- Cosmic Phenomena and Discoveries: (30%) Discussions about celestial events, galaxy collisions, and new astronomical findings.
- Educational Content on Space and Astronomy: (20%) Explaining concepts related to the Milky Way, solar system, and the universe.
  
Most Critical Themes:
- The Great Attractor: (5%) A mysterious gravitational anomaly influencing the motion of galaxies in our cosmic neighborhood.
- Dark Matter at Galactic Center: (5%) Research suggesting the presence of dark matter particles in the center of our galaxy.
  

### Top Milky Way News
Top news links shared on social in the last XX hours  

*Showing a maximum of X news posts for non-authenticated requests. Use your API key in requests for full results.*  

"Alaknanda: Indian researchers find galaxy like Milky Way from XX billion years ago"  
[News Link](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crmdk7wkmz4o) [@BBCNews](/creator/x/BBCNews) 2025-12-08T11:56Z 228.6M followers, 11.3K engagements


"JWST finds a Milky Way twin born shockingly early in the Universe ScienceDaily"  
[News Link](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/12/251203004729.htm) [@ScienceDaily](/creator/x/ScienceDaily) 2025-12-03T15:07Z 313.6K followers, XXX engagements


"'Superheated' stellar factory in the early cosmos is producing stars XXX times faster than the Milky Way"  
[News Link](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/superheated-stellar-factory-early-cosmos-230000161.html) [@Yahoo](/creator/x/Yahoo) 2025-11-30T13:22Z 228.6M followers, 4410 engagements


"We might have just seen the first hints of dark matter New Scientist"  
[News Link](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2505811-we-might-have-just-seen-the-first-hints-of-dark-matter/) [@newscientist](/creator/x/newscientist) 2025-11-26T05:57Z 208.1M followers, 85.5K engagements



### Top Milky Way Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours

*Showing only X posts for non-authenticated requests. Use your API key in requests for full results.*

"Jungkook pointing out the Milky Way the stars that kept twinkling hoping for a shooting star and then seeing a shooting star then proceeding to make a wish thats my Jungkook. #AreYouSure2"  
[X Link](https://x.com/homeisjungkook/status/1998695128400036048) [@homeisjungkook](/creator/x/homeisjungkook) 2025-12-10T10:03Z 176.3K followers, 5828 engagements


"The Monster at the Heart of Our GalaxyImage Credit: X-ray NASA/CXC/SAO; Infrared NASA/HST/STScI; Inset Radio Event Horizon Telescope CollaborationDeep in the crowded core of the Milky Way lurks a beast: a supermassive black hole named Sagittarius A* (pronounced sadge-ay-star). For decades weve watched stars whip around something invisible ferociously massive and impossibly compact; their frantic orbits screaming that a four-million-solar-mass monster hides there. But seeing is for the first time humanity has stared straight into the abyss and it stared back.This brand-new radio portrait (the"  
[X Link](https://x.com/konstructivizm/status/1998678070912307347) [@konstructivizm](/creator/x/konstructivizm) 2025-12-10T08:56Z 792.2K followers, 6239 engagements


"Deep in the crowded core of the Milky Way 24000 light-years away something is moving so fast its on the verge of being kicked out of the galaxy forever.Astronomers have found a runaway star screaming through space at a velocity that if confirmed will eventually carry it (and whatever is orbiting it) into the empty darkness between galaxies. First flagged in 2011 by the microlensing survey MOA then pinned down with razor-sharp observations from the Keck telescopes and ESAs Gaia spacecraft this object is now one of the strangest systems weve ever seen.Option 1: Its a normal(ish) star that got"  
[X Link](https://x.com/konstructivizm/status/1998553248131580119) [@konstructivizm](/creator/x/konstructivizm) 2025-12-10T00:40Z 792.2K followers, 8882 engagements


"A breathtaking view of the Pinwheel Galaxy (M101) a colossal spiral galaxy home to a trillion stars larger than our own Milky Way. (Credit: NASA/ESA)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/universal_sci/status/1998538694605562226) [@universal_sci](/creator/x/universal_sci) 2025-12-09T23:42Z 919.6K followers, 7653 engagements