1/2: ClassicKenCroswell: Finding our Sun. Ken Croswell

Photo:   Spiral bead, Sun image, Iran, early bronze age

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1/2: ClassicKenCroswell: Finding our Sun. Ken Croswell 

The local arm of the Milky Way and our Sun's place in it for now. Ken Croswell

Inner Workings: Astronomers are redrawing our corner of the Milky Way

     We live in a giant barred spiral galaxy. The Milky Way’s fast-spinning disk of stars and gas whips up spiral arms that spawn new suns, while a bar of mostly older stars cuts through its heart. From afar, our galaxy likely resembles a glowing cosmic hurricane.