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Milky Way Galaxy- the galaxy containing the solar system; consists of millions of stars that can be seen as a diffuse band of light stretching across the night sky Milky Way,Milky Way System extragalactic nebula,galaxy- (astronomy) a collection of star systems; any of the billions of systems...
Milky Way Galaxy (sometimes simply called the Galaxy), large spiral system of about several hundred billion stars, one of which is the Sun. It takes its name from the Milky Way, the irregular luminous band of stars and gas clouds that stretches across th
Milky Way Galaxy - Star populations and movement: The concept of different populations of stars has undergone considerable change over the last several decades. Before the 1940s, astronomers were aware of differences between stars and had largely account
The Gaia parallaxes have been used to characterise the spatial structure of star-forming regions and molecular clouds by producing 3D maps of the dust content of the Milky Way disc (e.g., [190,191,192,193]). In particular, the 1-pc resolution dust map of the Solar neighbourhood (∼...
The map – created from measurements of atomic hydrogen – reveals that the galaxy's spiral arms are ragged and patchy along their length
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- An international team of astronomers charted the most detailed three-dimensional map of the Milky Way, revealing that the galaxy is not flat but has an S-shaped, warped stellar disc. The study published on Thursday online in the journal Science showed that the...
Anytime astronomers talk of mapping the Milky Way I am always reminded how tricky the study of the Universe can be. After all, we live inside the Milky Way and working out what it looks like or mapping it from the inside is not the easiest of missions. It’s one thing to map the ...