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Rippled Milky Way may be much larger than previously estimated

12 March 2015 Astronomy Now

New research indicates that the Milky Way may be 50 percent larger than previously believed. Furthermore, the Galaxy’s shape is not just a flattened spiral, but contoured into several concentric ripples.