The Milky Way is our home (Earth resides in the small Orion arm), and it will continue to be a challenge to work out the details of its structure. As NASA said, ...

For decades, astronomers have pictured our galaxy as sporting four major, spiral arms. But new images effectively sever two appendages, revealing the Milky Way has just two major arms. "We're not ...

Two Of The Milky Way's Spiral Arms Go Missing Date: June 3, 2008 Source: NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory Summary: ... Our sun lies near a small, partial arm called the Orion Arm, ...

Spiral galaxies like the Milky Way contain several massive structures known as arms, which unwind from the galaxy's center. The sun's neighborhood is called the Orion Arm, though scientists often ...

New infrared images of the Milky Way show just two major spiral arms, Scutum-Centaus and Perseus, along with a newly discovered arm called Far 3kpc Arm. (Image credit: R. Hurt, SSC.) ST.

Milky Way Arm Containing Our Solar System May Be Bigger Than We Thought. Complete the form below to listen to the audio version of this article.

How Big Is The Milky Way? Arm Containing Our Solar System Is Much Bigger Than We Thought. By Susmita Baral Published 10/04/16 AT 11:56 AM EDT.

Our home in the universe It’s tricky to map an entire galaxy when you live in one of its arms. But astronomers have made the clearest map yet of the Milky Way – and it turns out that the arm ...

On planet Earth, we sit at the edge of the Milky Way Galaxy, nestled thousands of light years from the black hole at its center, in the Orion–Cygnus Arm.

Astronomers suspected that our arm of the Milky Way — the Orion Arm — was just a bridge connecting two bands of stars and gas, the Sagittarius and Perseus spiral arms that wrap around the galaxy.

Find out where to catch the Milky Way's appearance in the night sky as it becomes more visible with the 2025 summer approaching. ... (the Orion arm), roughly halfway from the galactic center.

For decades, astronomers have pictured our galaxy as sporting four major, spiral arms, however new images effectively sever two appendages, revealing the Milky Way has just two major arms.