Astronomers Finally Found the Edge of the Milky Way

For decades, astronomers had a surprisingly hard time answering one simple question: where does the Milky Way actually end? Galaxies don't have clean borders. There is no giant wall of stars marking the finish line. The Milky Way just slowly fades into darkness. Now they finally have an answer. The galaxy doesn't really end...
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NGC2207+IC2163: by NASA/ESA and The Hubble Heritage Team http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9941a/ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1999/41/image/a/
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NGC2207%2BIC2163.jpg
M104 ngc4594 sombrero galaxy hi-res: by NASA/ESA and The Hubble Heritage Team http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0328a/
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/newsdesk/archive/releases/2003/28/image/a
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:M104_ngc4594_sombrero_galaxy_hi-res.jpg
Artist’s impression of a gamma-ray burst: by ESO/L. Calçada CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1143b/
Cartwheel Galaxy: by NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI https://esawebb.org/images/weic2211a/
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cartwheel_Galaxy_(NIRCam_and_MIRI_Composite_Image)_(weic2211a).jpeg
Comets Kick up Dust in Helix Nebula: by NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Ariz. https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/spitzer/multimedia/pia09178.html
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Comets_Kick_up_Dust_in_Helix_Nebula_(PIA09178).jpg
Cartwheel Galaxy: by NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI https://stsci-opo.org/STScI-01G9DMR450Y79RG6T036FKDK9B.png
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cartwheel_Galaxy_(MIRI).png



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