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The Universe and Beyond
by Terence Dickinson
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... hundredth year of travel, a distinct thinning out of stars becomes apparent ahead. The photon is moving out of the Milky Way Galaxy. After cruising in its arrow-straight trajectory for 2,000 years, the photon is completely outside and well above the spiral arm ... "
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Milky Way Galaxy, Big Bang, Hubble Space Telescope, Alpha Centauri, Andromeda Galaxy, Proxima Centauri, galaxy superclusters, hypothetical planet, satellite galaxies, dark energy, ring particles, main mirror
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Astronomy: A Self-Teaching Guide, Sixth Edition
by Dinah L. Moche
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... ) The Sun and the solar system are located in one of the great spiral arms of the Milky Way Galaxy (Figure 1.3). ... "
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Milky Way Galaxy, Alpha Centauri, Comet Halley, Andromeda Galaxy, North Star, Orion Nebula, nonliving molecules, gamma ray telescopes, celestial meridian, measured parallax, circumpolar constellations, main lens
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... They also transition from the big picture view to a smaller scale-from the universe as a whole, to the Milky Way Galaxy, to the solar system, to Earth, to Earth's surface, and to the cities, farms, mines, and resorts in which ... "
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... we now call the Milky Way Galaxy, one with a specific shape and a specific center. ... "
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United States, Milky Way Galaxy, Gifford Lectures, South Africa, Star Wars, Bertrand Russell, North American, technical civilization, white sturgeon
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