Behold a Billion Stars in This Stunning New Map of the...
Produced by the European Space Agency’s Gaia satellite, this three-dimensional view of the Milky Way Galaxy is the first of its kind. (ESA)
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Generated from Gaia satellite data, this stellar new map is the most complete chart of our galaxy to date