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The Milky Way Project: Help Scientists Uncover Our Home Galaxy; Cal Poly Pomona’s College of Science Leads The Milky Way Project

To most of us, our home Galaxy, the Milky Way, seems like mind-boggling, never-ending space. What does the Milky Way actually look like? How quickly is the Milky Way giving birth to new stars? In their efforts to answer these complex questions, scientists are figuring out new ways to break down the vast amounts of data they collect. Citizen scientists go to the website https://www.milkywayproject.org. These classifications help discover some of the most massive stars in our Milky Way Galaxy. - September 21, 2016