Visuals: Two of the Milky Way's Spiral Arms Go Missing

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ssc2008-10a: Our Milky Way Gets a Makeover
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

ssc2008-10b: Our Milky Way Gets a Makeover (Annotated)
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