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In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small and in the Milky Way, while Curtis took a more radical position that they ...

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Visual observers and astrophotographers alike can find something amazing to observe along the plane of our galaxy.

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Your excellent question affords us the opportunity to distinguish between near-certain astronomical predictions and those which are far less so. Astronomers predict that our home galaxy and the ...

So how well do you know the Milky Way? Let's test your knowledge of our galaxy's size, age, speed and more with the 15 ...

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