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galaxy containing our Solar System

Astronomers Create Most Detailed Infrared Map Of Milky Way

At 500 terabytes of data, this is the largest observational project ever carried out with an ESO telescope. ESO/VVVX SURVEY VIA SWNS. “> Astronomers have published a gigantic infrared map of the Milky Way containing…

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The Milky Way or Milky Way Galaxy, or simply the Galaxy, is the galaxy that includes the Solar System, with the name describing the galaxy's appearance from Earth: a hazy band of light seen in the night sky formed from stars in other arms of the galaxy, which are so far away that they cannot be individually distinguished by the naked eye.

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