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June 4, 2008

And I thought the Milky Way Dark was an advance

From the University of Wisconsin - Madison news:

” Humans have always had a ringside seat for viewing the Milky Way.

Now, however, thanks to NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, astronomers have obtained an entirely new perspective of our home galaxy: a complete mosaic portrait of the Milky Way in infrared light, a picture that when printed measures 180 feet long by 4 feet wide. ”

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posted by Lisa at 11:29 am |



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