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Photo: This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image of the nearby spiral galaxy M74 is an iconic reminder of the impending season. Bright knots of glowing gas light up the spiral arms, indicating a rich environment of star formation.
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2/2: ClassicKenCroswell: Finding our Sun. Ken Croswell
The local arm of the Milky Way and our Sun's place in it for now. Ken Croswell
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2/2: ClassicKenCroswell: Finding our Sun. Ken Croswell
The local arm of the Milky Way and our Sun's place in it for now. Ken Croswell
Inner Workings: Astronomers are redrawing our corner of the Milky Way
We live in a giant barred spiral galaxy. The Milky Way’s fast-spinning disk of stars and gas whips up spiral arms that spawn new suns, while a bar of mostly older stars cuts through its heart. From afar, our galaxy likely resembles a glowing cosmic hurricane
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