1 Billion Stars Mapped! Most Detailed Catalog of Milky Way Is Revealed

Wednesday, September 14, 2016 - 15:01 in Astronomy & Space

The most detailed map yet of a billion stars in the Milky Way galaxy was released today (Sept. 14), along with a sneak peek at brand-new data on millions of stars collected by the European Space Agency's Gaia spacecraft.

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