Milky Way Galaxy 3d View

Indeed, scientists were able to map the size and makeup of the galaxy as it was 10 billion years ago, simply by looking further into space. The annotated artist's concept illustrates the new view of the milky way. Just drag the mouse to the direction you want to look.

Astronomers of european space agency gaia have unveiled the most precise 3d map yet of the milky way, an achievement that sheds lights on the workings of the. It boasts 4.8 million galaxy candidates, about 813,000 multistar systems, 2.3 million hot stars and so much more. The video below gives you an opportunity to see the most precise and accurate 3d map of the milky way and how stars move to date.

A hazy band of light seen in the night sky formed from stars that cannot be individually distinguished by the naked eye.the term milky way is a translation of the latin via lactea, from the greek γαλακτικός κύκλος (galaktikos kýklos), meaning milky circle.

Simulation web is a planetarium running in your web browser. Previously, our galaxy was thought to possess four major arms. An interactive 3d visualization of the stellar neighborhood, including over 100,000 nearby stars. The gaia data processing and analysis consortium (dpac) has released the first part of a large release of data collected by the french guiana observatory since 2013, according to the european space agency.