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Photo: Milky Way seen in infrared
An infrared mosaic of the center of the Milky Way shows our galaxy's exceptionally bright and dusty clouds lit up by young massive stars. Individual stars can be seen as tiny dots scattered throughout the dust.
Photograph courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech

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