Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 6 days ago

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This isn’t a photograph of the Milky Way galaxy

It’s a reconstruction.

Astronomers map the positions and motion of billions of stars.

They track hydrogen gas using radio telescopes.

They use infrared surveys to see through the dust.

Then they combine that data with observations of similar spiral galaxies.

What you’re looking at…
is the most accurate model we can build
from the inside