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Article: NASA Spacecraft Provides First View of Our Place in the Galaxy
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- October 15, 2009
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Contact: Dwayne Brown, Headquarters, Washington, +1-202-358-
1726, dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov; or Rob Gutro or Laura Layton, Goddard
Space Flight Center, Md., +1-301-286-4044 or +1-301-286-8170,
robert.j.gutro@nasa.gov, or laura.a.layton@nasa.gov
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA's
Interstellar Boundary Explorer, or IBEX, spacecraft has made it
possible for scientists to construct the first comprehensive sky map
of our solar system and its location in the Milky Way galaxy. The
new view will change the way researchers view and study the
interaction between our galaxy and sun.
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The sky map was ...