This Is The Largest Map Of Our Galaxy Ever Produced

The Milky Way galaxy contains about 300 billion stars — way more than any one human could possibly hope to see. But the European Space Agency wants to help intrepid stargazers try. The ESA's Gaia mission has been collecting data on the stars in the Milky Way since 2013, NPR reported.

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