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Our Galaxy

Infographic featuring two simulated views and a description of our Milky Way galaxy. The upper portion shows the top view, looking down from above. At the bottom right is the side view.

Our galaxy, the Milky Way, contains a supermassive black hole at its core surrounded by a central bulge of old, yellowish stars. Beyond that are bluish spiral arms filled with younger stars, newly forming stars, and dark lanes of dust.

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May 31, 2018
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Image: STScI, NASA, ESA, CSA; Artwork: NASA-JPL, Robert Hurt (SSC, Caltech)

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Aug 28, 2025

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Laura Betz
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laura.e.betz@nasa.gov

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STScI, NASA, ESA, CSA

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NASA-JPL, Robert Hurt (SSC, Caltech)

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