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The Cosmic Distance Scale

The Cosmic Distance Scale

The Cosmic Distance Scale

The Milky Way

Image of galaxy that looks much like the Milky Way. The Milkyway is approximately 925,000,000,000,000,000 kilometers in diameter.

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