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Photo:  This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image of the nearby spiral galaxy M74 is an iconic reminder of the impending season. Bright knots of glowing gas light up the spiral arms, indicating a rich environment of star formation.


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2/2: 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