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  • The Milky Way Demystified

    The Milky Way Demystified

    Alright, people…time to finish off our exploration of the Milky Way Galaxy, our home in the cosmos! For the past nine weeks, we’ve covered everything from how our galaxy was “discovered” to how it may have formed. But there’s so…

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  • Exploring the Milky Way’s Nucleus

    Exploring the Milky Way’s Nucleus

    Here is an edge-on illustration of our Milky Way Galaxy. (Keep in mind that the disk actually stretches quite a bit farther out from the budge than is apparent in this illustration. Proportionally, its full diameter makes its thickness less…

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