Galaxies
 
 
A view towards the dense core of the Milky Way galaxy See also
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Galactic Core (2009)  This is a view looking towards the centre of a galaxy such as the Milky Way. A vast pancake of gas and dust, here seen edge-on, is thought to lurk there, orbiting a supermassive black hole. The density of stars in this region is much, much higher than in the neighbourhood of the Sun. A supernova is seen exploding bottom left.