ESA - Guide to our Galaxy
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This virtual journey, from the centre of the Milky Way to its outskirts, shows the different components that make up our Galaxy, which is home to about a hundred billion stars.
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Scientists Are Building the Ultimate Milky Way Map. Here's What They Have So Far - CNET
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ESA - Space for Kids - Galaxies
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ESA's Euclid space telescope obtaining “magnificent” test images despite a few finetuning hiccups - SpaceNews
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Found: Oldest known stars in the Milky Way galaxy
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It's Full of Stars: The Mysterious Heart of the Phantom Galaxy
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ESA Maps History of Milky Way Galaxy, Predicts Its Future
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Galactic Tranquility
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ESA - Gaia sees strange stars in most detailed Milky Way survey to date
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Milky Way Has 4 Billion Years to Live — But Our Sun Will Survive
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A Galaxy on Edge
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Galaxies HubbleSite
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JWST scientists look to reveal the earliest galaxies
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Galaxy cluster MACS0416 (Hubble and Webb composite image, annotated)