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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. Another great picture of the heart of milkyway by 140Mandak262Jamuna · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Here is a even better picture of the heart of Milkyway.

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