Space / 2010-04-07
Hiding Out Behind the Milky Way
NASA's image library records Hiding Out Behind the Milky Way.
A leggy cosmic creature comes out of hiding in this new infrared view from NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer. The spiral beauty, called IC 342 and sometimes the hidden galaxy, is shrouded behind our own galaxy, the Milky Way.
A CLOSER LOOK
A leggy cosmic creature comes out of hiding in this new infrared view from NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer. The spiral beauty, called IC 342 and sometimes the hidden galaxy, is shrouded behind our own galaxy, the Milky Way.
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FOLLOW THE EVIDENCE
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