Almost half of Gen X can't identify home galaxy

Tuesday, October 23, 2012 - 11:31 in Astronomy & Space

Identifying your home or street from a Google Earth image may be tough enough, but what about your cosmic address? Turns out, fewer than 50 percent of adults ages 37 to 40 know that humans live in the spiral Milky Way galaxy.

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