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Very Large Baseline Array telescope is helping Smithsonian astronomers remap Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies

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Wed, 23 Feb 2011 20:15:46 +0000
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astrophysics
Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian
galaxies
Milky Way
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
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Recent work has added dozens of new measurements to star-forming regions in the Milky Way. These measurements have changed the map of the Milky Way, indicating our galaxy has four spiral arms, not two, as previously thought.
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