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The Galactic Center Revisited (Gallery Explorer)
Hidden Universe: NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope
English - August 23, 2011 00:00 - 30.4 MB Video - ★★★★ - 24 ratingsNatural Sciences Science astronomy infrared astronomer science physics spitzer space telescope hidden universe nasa nasa's Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Hiding behind the constellations Sagittarius and Scorpius is the center of our own Milky Way galaxy, over 25,000 light years away. This patch of sky is mostly dark in visible light, shrouded by dust clouds that lie between us and the Galactic center. But the infrared vision of NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope sees through the dust showing us this strange and tumultuous region.