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Milky Way seen as warped, twisted in 'most detailed' 3D map yet
short by Kanishka Pandey / on Friday, 2 August, 2019
Astronomers have created the "most detailed" 3D map of the Milky Way galaxy to date, revealing that it is warped and twisted. "Stars 60,000 light-years away from Milky Way's centre are as far as 4,500 [light years] above or below the galactic plane," a Warsaw University astronomer said. The map is based on the distribution of about 2,400 Cepheids stars.
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