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- APOD: Milky Way - NASA's "Astronomy Picture of the Day" index to Milky Way images.
antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/lib/milky_way.html
- GAIA: The Galactic Census Project - A European Space Agency satellite mission designed to determine the composition, formation and evolution of our Galaxy, and create a detailed 3D map of over a billion stars.
astro.estec.esa.nl/GAIA
- Milky Way - Encyclopedia article providing an introduction to the galaxy's characteristics.
encarta.msn.com/index/conciseindex/1D/01D16000.htm
- Milky Way Could Hold Remnants of Last Galactic 'Meal' - Some celestial detective work strongly suggests that the Milky Way consumed a smaller galaxy billions of years ago.
www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/01/08/milky.way.meal
- Multiwavelength Milky Way - Technical overview of various frequency scans of the galaxy, with images and data files, from NASA's Astrophysics Data Facility.
adc.gsfc.nasa.gov/mw/milkyway.html
- StarChild: The Milky Way - A kids' guide to the galaxy, complete with an educational song.
starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/universe_level2/milky_way.html
- The Milky Way - A short definition of the Milky Way's components and composition.
map.gsfc.nasa.gov/m_uni/uni_101mw.html
- The Milky Way Galaxy - Illustrated and technical overview of the galaxy's structure and composition.
casswww.ucsd.edu/public/tutorial/MW.html
- The Milky Way Galaxy - An informational hub page for material on our galaxy, with links and references.
www.seds.org/messier/more/mw.html
- The Milky Way Galaxy: Our Home - A brief illustrated definition of the Milky Way.
www.windows.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/tour_def/the_universe/Milkyway.html
- The Milky Way: Our Galaxy - An educational guide to our galaxy's history and part in the universe.
www.star.le.ac.uk/edu/mway
- Virtual Universe: Milky Way Galaxy - WebSpace VRML models of the Milky Way, available with 40,000 or 4,000 stars and the appropriate distribution of 15 spectral types.
iuniverse.gsfc.nasa.gov/iuniverse/galaxy
- What is the Milky Way Called in Different Languages? - Translated names of the galaxy in various languages.
www.hut.fi/u/stoivane/milkyway.html
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