Our Galaxy Is Bigger Than Once Thought
Tuesday, January 6, 2009 - 01:14
in Astronomy & Space
For decades, astronomers thought when it came to the major galaxies in Earth's cosmic neighborhood, our Milky Way was a weak sister to the larger Andromeda. Not anymore.
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