This is the BEST map of the Milky Way Galaxy yet. Based on @europeanspaceagency Gaia telescope data, this scientific, artistic visualization of our galaxy is the most accurate so far. “Gaia has changed our impression of the Milky Way. Even seemingly simple ideas about the nature of our galaxy’s central bar and the spiral arms have been overturned. Gaia has shown us that it has more than two spiral arms and that they are less prominent than we previously thought. In addition, Gaia has shown that

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