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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Our galaxy's mysterious twist

The European Space Agency's Herschel Space Telescope provides an infrared view of a twisted ring at the center of our galaxy.

If you look for signs and portents in the skies, you can't do much better than this: The Herschel Space Telescope has provided the best view yet of an infinity sign at the center of our Milky Way galaxy.

"This is what is so exciting about launching a new space telescope like Herschel," Sergio Molinari of the Institute of Space Physics in Rome said in an image advisory issued today. "We have a new and exciting mystery on our hands, right at the center of our own galaxy."

Read More: http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/07/19/7115455-our-galaxys-mysterious-twist?chromedomain=cosmiclog

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