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Space dust / Astrochemistry / Astronomical objects / Extragalactic astronomy / Interstellar medium / Extinction / Infrared / Milky Way / Cosmic Background Explorer / Astronomy / Space / Galactic astronomy
Date: 2011-07-27 09:48:30
Space dust
Astrochemistry
Astronomical objects
Extragalactic astronomy
Interstellar medium
Extinction
Infrared
Milky Way
Cosmic Background Explorer
Astronomy
Space
Galactic astronomy

T h e i m a ge s The Milky Way is a spiral galaxy which, like other spirals, is shaped like a fried egg. It has a central bulge of stars, and spiral arms of gas and stars in a disk. The disk is 100,000 light-years in di

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