Animation showing how dust obscures our view through the Milky Way (VIDEO)

Royal Astronomical Society

Caption

Animation showing the cumulative build-up of dust looking from Earth’s local neighbourhood to around 13,000 lightyears towards the centre of the Milky Way.

Credit

EXPLORE/ACRI-ST/GEPI

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CC BY-NC-ND

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