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Crash Course Astronomy
The Milky Way: Crash Course Astronomy #37
Season 1
Episode 37
Today we’re talking about our galactic neighborhood: The Milky Way. It’s a disk galaxy, a collection of dust, gas, and hundreds of billions of stars, with the Sun located about halfway out from the center.
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