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The Milky Way Galaxy: Our Home (Popularity:  )
(Score: 11.33)
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/tour_def/the_universe/Milkyway.html
A brief illustrated definition of the Milky Way.
Category: Science\Astronomy\Galaxies\Milky Way
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The Milky Way (Popularity: )
(Score: 11.33)
http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/m_uni/uni_101mw.html
A short definition of the Milky Way's components and composition.
Category: Science\Astronomy\Galaxies\Milky Way
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Milky Way Could Hold Remnants of Last Galactic 'Meal' (Popularity: )
(Score: 11.04)
http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/01/08/milky.way.meal/
Some celestial detective work strongly suggests that the Milky Way consumed a smaller galaxy billions of years ago.
Category: Science\Astronomy\Galaxies\Milky Way
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Colliding Galaxies and the Fate of the Milky Way (Popularity: )
(Score: 10.71)
http://www.prime-radiant.com/Colliding_Galaxies.html
Continuing discussion of the fate of the Milky Way Galaxy and ultimately the universe.
Category: Science\Astronomy\Personal Pages
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APOD: Milky Way (Popularity: )
(Score: 10.71)
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/lib/milky_way.html
NASA's "Astronomy Picture of the Day" index to Milky Way images.
Category: Science\Astronomy\Galaxies\Milky Way
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Omega Centauri: Nucleus of a Milky Way Dwarf Spheroidal? (Popularity: )
(Score: 9.34)
http://arXiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9910278
A technical article from the Los Alamos E-print archive that discusses the possibility that Omega Centauri could be the remains (nucleus) of a once larger satellite dwarf galaxy that has ...
Category: Science\Astronomy\Star Clusters\Globular Clusters
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The Clusiaceae (Popularity: )
(Score: 7.70)
http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/carr/clusi.htm
trees or shrubs, usually with milky or...
Category: Science\Biology\Flora and Fauna\Plantae
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The Sapotaceae (Popularity: )
(Score: 7.54)
http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/carr/sapot.htm
trees or shrubs with milky sap comprising about...
Category: Science\Biology\Flora and Fauna\Plantae
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StarChild: The Milky Way (Popularity: )
(Score: 7.38)
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/universe_level2/milky_way.html
A kids' guide to the galaxy, complete with an educational song.
Category: Science\Astronomy\Galaxies\Milky Way
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AstroFly (Popularity: )
(Score: 7.38)
http://www.anumajor.com/astrofly/index.html
[freeware - Win 98/ME/2000/XP] Three-dimensional models of the Milky Way neighborhood.
Category: Science\Astronomy\Software\Space Simulation
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Solar System Exploration (Popularity: )
(Score: 7.23)
http://sse.jpl.nasa.gov/
The definitive source for news and information about our little niche in the Milky Way galaxy.
Category: Science\Technology\Space\NASA
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MSN Learning & Research Plus: Milky Way (Popularity: )
(Score: 7.15)
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761558916
Encyclopedia article providing an introduction to the galaxy's characteristics.
Category: Science\Astronomy\Galaxies\Milky Way
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A Shot in the Dark (Popularity: )
(Score: 7.08)
http://www.kiroastro.com
Solar system, Milky Way, extra galactic, and wide field images, and equipment information.
Category: Science\Astronomy\Amateur\Astrophotography and CCD Imaging
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Canadian Galactic Plane Survey (Popularity: )
(Score: 6.87)
http://www.ras.ucalgary.ca/CGPS
An international effort to map the interstellar matter in a large swath of our own Milky Way Galaxy at high resolution.
Category: Science\Astronomy\Galaxies
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The Small Magellanic Cloud, SMC (Popularity: )
(Score: 6.80)
http://www.seds.org/messier/xtra/ngc/smc.html
Gives mathematical measurements relating this galaxy that orbits the Milky Way. Includes history about first known discoveries and links to photo galleries.
Category: Science\Astronomy\Galaxies
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The Milky Way Galaxy (Popularity: )
(Score: 6.79)
http://www.seds.org/messier/more/mw.html
An informational hub page for material on our galaxy, with links and references.
Category: Science\Astronomy\Galaxies\Milky Way
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The Milky Way Galaxy (Popularity: )
(Score: 6.78)
http://cassfos02.ucsd.edu/public/tutorial/MW.html
Illustrated and technical overview of the galaxy's structure and composition.
Category: Science\Astronomy\Galaxies\Milky Way
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Powers of Ten (Popularity: )
(Score: 6.69)
http://microscopy.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/index.html
Start 10 million light-years from the Milky Way galaxy and wind up face to face with a proton in Florida.
Category: Science\Educational Resources\Resources
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Powers of 10 - Interactive Java Tutorial (Popularity: )
(Score: 6.61)
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/
Start 10 million light-years from the Milky Way galaxy and wind up face to face with a proton in Florida.
Category: Science\Physics\Education\Java Applets
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SkyChart (Popularity: )
(Score: 6.43)
http://www.southernstars.com/skychart
planetarium program displaying the sky from anywhere on Earth, in the solar system, or in the Milky Way, and for any point in time in the future or past. It ...
Category: Science\Astronomy\Software\Desktop Planetarium and Charting
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