The Milky Way’s spiral arms stretch further than previously thought, shaking up our galaxy’s map. Scientists used rare gamma-ray bursts and powerful X-ray telescopes, including NASA’s Chandra, to precisely map distant dust clouds.
A team of astronomers has discovered that the spiral arms of the Milky Way galaxy may stretch further out into space than was previously known.
The scientists made precise distance measurements of dust clouds in the arms using data from two telescope... [1937 chars]