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The Milky Way: Understanding Our Place in the Galaxy
The Milky Way, our celestial home ... Our solar system is located in one of these arms, specifically the Orion Arm. Other ...
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Our home in space
Our position in the Milky Way Our Sun lies on the Orion arm of the Milky Way and orbits the centre of the galaxy at a distance of 25,000 to 28,000 light years. It takes 220 to 240 million years for ...
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What Is a Galaxy?
The Orion arm of the Milky Way we reside in is a thousand light years thick from bottom to top, and almost a hundred thousand ...
ESA’s Gaia Spacecraft Wraps Up Revolutionary Milky Way Mapping Mission
ESA’s decade-long Milky Way Gaia mapping mission still has tons of data to release over the next few years. Expect surprises.
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Look Up: Our place in the Milky Way
Where is our solar system in the vast assemblage of celestial objects in this island Universe we call the Milky Way? To answer that question, we can begin with the beautiful configuration of stars we ...