#Bestof2021: 1/2: The local arm of the Milky Way and our Sun's place in it for now. Ken Croswell, The Lives of Stars. (Originally posted October 4, 2021)

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#Bestof2021: 1/2: The local arm of the Milky Way and our Sun's place in it for now. Ken Croswell, The Lives of Stars. (Originally posted October 4, 2021)

https://www.pnas.org/content/118/40/e2116185118

     "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:." Ken Croswell

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#Bestof2021: 2/2: The local arm of the Milky Way and our Sun's place in it for now. Ken Croswell, The Lives of Stars. (Originally posted October 4, 2021)
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