3-D Animation of Space Dust in the Milky Way (VIDEO)

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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This animation shows a 3-D rendering of space dust, as viewed in a several-kiloparsec (thousands of light years) loop through and out of the Milky Way's galactic plane. The animation uses data for hundreds of millions of stars from Pan-STARRS1 and 2MASS surveys, and is made available through a Creative Commons License.

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Gregory M. Green/SLAC, KIPAC

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