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    You Are Here: Scientists Unveil Precise Map Of More Than A Billion Stars

    The European Space Agency has released a chart of the exact positions of many stars in the Milky Way and neighboring galaxies. But the map only shows a small fraction of what's out there.
    by Nell Greenfieldboyce Apr 25, 2018 2 minutes
    The European spacecraft known as Gaia has unveiled this new view of the Milky Way.

    Wednesday was the day astronomers said goodbye to the old Milky Way they had known and loved and hello to a new view of our home galaxy.

    A European Space Agency mission called Gaia just released a long-awaited treasure trove of data: precise measurements of 1.7 billion stars.

    It's unprecedented for scientists to know the exact

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