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Star Map of the Milky Way’s Outer Halo
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Images of the Milky Way and the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) are overlaid on a map of the surrounding galactic…

Apr 21, 2021
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Tracing the Arms of our Milky Way Galaxy
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Astronomers using data from NASA's WISE are helping to trace the shape of our Milky Way galaxy's spiral arms. Here,…

Jun 3, 2015
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Polarized Dust Lights Up Milky Way
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Our Milky Way galaxy is ablaze with dust in this new all-sky map from Planck, a European Space Agency mission…

Feb 5, 2015
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Milky Way Untangled
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A new, dynamic portrait of our Milky Way galaxy shows a frenzy of gas, charged particles and dust as seen…

Feb 5, 2015
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A Milky Way ‘Mixer’ Amongst the Stars
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This composite image comes from the ESA's Planck shows a festive portrait of our Milky Way galaxy shows a mishmash…

Feb 5, 2015
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Baby Stars Finally Found in Jumbled Galactic Center
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This infrared image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows three baby stars in the bustling center of our Milky Way…

Jun 10, 2009
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Spitzer Finds Clarity in the Inner Milky Way
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More than 800,000 frames from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope were stitched together to create this infrared portrait of dust and…

Jun 3, 2008
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Inner Milky Way Raging with Star Formation
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More than 444,580 frames from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope were stitched together to create this portrait of the raging star-formation…

Jun 3, 2008
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Our Milky Way Gets a Makeover (Artist Concept)
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This artist's concept illustrates the new view of the Milky Way. The galaxy's two major arms can be seen attached…

Jun 3, 2008
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