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Images of the Milky Way and the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) are overlaid on a map of the surrounding galactic…

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

Our Milky Way galaxy is ablaze with dust in this new all-sky map from Planck, a European Space Agency mission…

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

This composite image comes from the ESA's Planck shows a festive portrait of our Milky Way galaxy shows a mishmash…

This infrared image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows three baby stars in the bustling center of our Milky Way…

More than 800,000 frames from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope were stitched together to create this infrared portrait of dust and…

More than 444,580 frames from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope were stitched together to create this portrait of the raging star-formation…

This artist's concept illustrates the new view of the Milky Way. The galaxy's two major arms can be seen attached…