Like early explorers mapping the continents of our globe, astronomers are busy charting the spiral structure of our galaxy. Using infrared images from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, scientists have discovered that the Milky Way's elegant spiral structure is dominated by just two major arms. Previously, our galaxy was thought to possess four major arms. This artist's concept illustrates this and other new views of the Milky Way produced by other new measurements.
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