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Summary
Artist's conception of the spiral structure of the Milky Way with two major stellar arms and a central bar. "Using infrared images from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, scientists have discovered that the Milky Way's elegant spiral structure is dominated by just two arms wrapping off the ends of a central bar of stars. Previously, our galaxy was thought to possess four major arms."
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Tags
artwork
nasa artwork
space exploration
art from nasa
galactic coordinate system
milky way maps
high resolution
maps
ultra high resolution
nasa
Date
03/06/2008
Source
NASA
Link
Copyright info
Public Domain