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Milky Way
The galaxy that contains our Solar System, characterized by its barred spiral structure with multiple spiral arms extending from a central bar.
Source: esa.int
APODs including "Milky Way"
Perseids and MAGIC
11/08/2022
The Lagoon Nebula without Stars
08/08/2022
Meteor before Galaxy
07/08/2022
Crepuscular Moon Rays over Denmark
27/07/2022
Webb's First Deep Field
13/07/2022
Andromeda over the Sahara Desert
11/07/2022
Roots on a Rotating Planet
08/07/2022
The NGC 6914 Complex
07/07/2022
Milky Way Motion in 3D from Gaia
06/07/2022
Comet C/2017 K2 (PanSTARRS)
30/06/2022
The Gum Nebula over Snowy Mountains
27/06/2022
Light Echoes from V838 Mon
26/06/2022
Spiral Galaxy NGC 6744
23/06/2022
The Gamma Cygni Nebula
18/06/2022
In the Heart of the Virgo Cluster
15/06/2022
The Road and the Milky Way
11/06/2022
Arp 286: Trio in Virgo
10/06/2022
Cosmic Clouds in Cygnus
09/06/2022
Milky Way Galaxy Doomed: Collision with Andromeda Pending
06/06/2022
A 10,000 Kilometer Galactic Bridge
03/06/2022
RCW 86: Historical Supernova Remnant
28/05/2022
A Deep Sky Behind an Eclipsed Moon
24/05/2022
The Once and Future Stars of Andromeda
23/05/2022
Planetary Nebula Abell 7
21/05/2022
Milky Way over French Alp Hoodoos
16/05/2022
The Milky Way's Black Hole
13/05/2022
First Horizon-Scale Image of a Black Hole
01/05/2022
Lyrid of the Lake
28/04/2022
The Great Nebula in Carina
25/04/2022
Messier 104
23/04/2022