Outer Rim
This image appeared in an issue of the American magazine
Astronomy, to illustrate an article
I wrote. It shows a pair of planets far from the Galactic core – on the so-called outer rim. There
are reasons to believe that terrestrial planets here will be small and lack atmospheres, and thus be
devoid of life. From here you can see the Milky Way edge on. The dark band across the middle is the
galaxy's dust cargo.