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• - WebSpace VRML models of the Milky Way, available with 40,000 or 4,000 stars and the appropriate distribution of 15 spectral types.
  
• - Encyclopedia article providing an introduction to the galaxy's characteristics.
  
• - Technical overview of various frequency scans of the galaxy, with images and data files, from NASA's Astrophysics Data Facility.
  
• - The research team, observations, results, publications, image gallery, and related links.
  
• - An educational guide to our galaxy's history and part in the universe.
  
• - A kids' guide to the galaxy, complete with an educational song.
  
• - Illustrated and technical overview of the galaxy's structure and composition.
  
• - Some celestial detective work strongly suggests that the Milky Way consumed a smaller galaxy billions of years ago.
  
• - Translated names of the galaxy in various languages.
  
• - A brief illustrated definition of the Milky Way.
  
• - Detailed historical information and new discoveries about our galaxy.
  
• - A short definition of the Milky Way's components and composition.
  
• - NASA's "Astronomy Picture of the Day" index to Milky Way images.
  
• - A European Space Agency satellite mission designed to determine the composition, formation and evolution of our Galaxy, and create a detailed 3D map of over a billion stars.