Web Directory

» APOD: Milky Way
   NASA's "Astronomy Picture of the Day" index to Milky Way images.
   http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/lib/milky_way.html

» Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik - Galactic Center Research
   The research team, observations, results, publications, image gallery, and related links.
   http://www.mpe.mpg.de/ir/GC/

» Milky Way
   Provides images of our galaxy taken at different wavelengths, and discusses how the mapping of variable stars, neutral hydrogen radio maps and star clusters gives us a view of the shape of the galaxy.
   http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/ast122/lectures/lec25.html

» Milky Way Could Hold Remnants of Last Galactic 'Meal'
   Some celestial detective work strongly suggests that the Milky Way consumed a smaller galaxy billions of years ago.
   http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/01/08/milky.way.meal/

» Multiwavelength Milky Way
   Technical overview of various frequency scans of the galaxy, with images and data files, from NASA's Astrophysics Data Facility.
   http://mwmw.gsfc.nasa.gov

» Scientific American: Our Growing, Breathing Galaxy
   Detailed historical information and new discoveries about our galaxy.
   http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=our-growing-breathing-gal

» The Milky Way
   A short definition of the Milky Way's components and composition.
   http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/m_uni/uni_101mw.html

» The Milky Way Galaxy
   Illustrated and technical overview of the structure and composition.
   http://casswww.ucsd.edu/public/tutorial/MW.html

» The Milky Way Galaxy: Our Home
   A brief illustrated definition of the Milky Way.
   http://www.windows.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/tour_def/the_universe/Milkyway.html

» What is the Milky Way Called in Different Languages?
   A list of the names given to the Milky Way in various languages.
   http://stoivane.iki.fi/milkyway/