An artist’s impression of our Milky Way Galaxy, showing the location of the Sun. (IMAGE)

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An artist’s impression of our Milky Way Galaxy, showing the location of the Sun.

Caption

An artist’s impression of our Milky Way Galaxy, showing the location of the Sun. Our Solar System is about 27,000 light years from the centre of the galaxy. The nearest technological species could be 33,000 light years away.

Credit

NASA/JPL–Caltech/R. Hurt (SSC–Caltech).

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License

Public Domain

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