3D Map of Milky Way Galaxy Reveals Peanut-Shaped Core (Video)
Saturday, September 28, 2013 - 07:30
in Astronomy & Space
The map marks the clearest view yet of the Milky Way's central region, a huge cloud of 10,000 million stars. The peanut-shaped bulge puts the Milky Way well within normal galactic expectations for a barred spiral galaxy.