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Milky Way Galaxy

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From an Astronomy Picture of the Day this week, we have improved guesses of what the Milky Way Galaxy may look like based on a mapping of over a billion of stars by the Gaia spacecraft.

Milky Way Galaxy from above; image from Stefan Payne-Wardenaar based on data from ESA
Milky Way Galaxy from the side; image from Stefan Payne-Wardenaar based on data from ESA