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Tall oak and elm trees create perfect shady spots for afternoon picnics. The swimming pool here is a lifesaver during those scorching Texas summer days when temperatures climb into triple digits.

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The Milky Way, our home galaxy, is a more evolved “present-day galaxy,” while the Large Magellanic Cloud “has characteristics of a galaxy in the early universe,” he said.