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A Milky Way 'Mixer' Amongst the Stars
Observation
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February 5, 2015
A festive portrait of our Milky Way galaxy from ESA's Planck mission shows a mishmash of gas, charged particles and several types of dust. In this view, different colors represent various materials and types of radiation. Red shows dust that gives off a thermal glow, and makes up the most abundant of the dust features shown. Yellow shows carbon monoxide gas, which is concentrated along the plane of our Milky Way in the densest clouds of gas and dust that are churning out new stars.