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Heart of the Milky Way Photos From NASA

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the do-you-need-newer-desktop-art dept.

PBH submitted a link to a really amazing composite image of the Milky Way released by NASA. They combined infrared, visible, and x-ray images taken by Spitzer, Hubble, and Chandra to create one beautiful image to commemorate the 400 years since 1609, when Galileo looked up.

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  1. How despressing... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I browse /. today to find only 80 comments on something as significant as this photo yet find 600 comments on something as insignificant as xbox users being disconnected.

    I weep for the future.