'Star Bar' in Milky Way Longer Than Initial Estimate

Slowly, scientists are putting together the emerging bits of knowledge about the spiraling galaxy we call home, the Milky Way. It is made up of as many as 100 billion stars. It's 100,000 light years across. It has rotated about 50 times during its lifetime. There most certainly is a super massive black hole at its center.

And now two Wisconsin scientists say they have revealing evidence on a long-suspected major feature of the Milky Way.

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