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The Milky Way's central bar has been reconstructed

First step to find out how it was formed and evolved - VIDEO

Thanks to a research carried out by the University of Barcelona coordinated by the astronomer Friedrich Anders, it was possible to make a 3D reconstruction of the galactic bar of the Milky Way: it was achieved this goal through the mapping and measurement of distances of 150 million stars from the "Gaia" mission by the European Space Agency (ESA) combined with the results by other terrestrial and space...

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Barcelona, Spain, 07/25/2019 10:34
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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