The Milky Way, Defined

You are here, just a speck in the milky way

The Milky Way, due to observations from the Spitzer Space Telescope, is now a more defined.  Instead of a flat disk like I’ve always visioned, it’s apparently a disk within a disk. 

Much better descriptions and discussion can be found at the Bad Astronomy Blog.

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