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| Mapping the Milky Way | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Aug 22 2013, 06:03 AM (502 Views) | |
| Pasta | Aug 22 2013, 06:03 AM Post #1 |
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A new European venture - mostly British - is about to launch a satellite that will map pretty much every star in the Milky way. For about 150 million it will map their distance from earth and speed moving relative to earth and the center of the milky way. Great engineering feat. From the BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23779294 |
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