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Look Up: Our place in the Milky Way
January 30, 2025
Where is our solar system in the vast assemblage of celestial objects in this island Universe we call the Milky Way? To answer that question, we can begin with the beautiful configuration of stars we call Orion, the brightest stars of which are mere hundreds to a couple thousand light years (ly) away.
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