An Impression of Our Warped and Twisted Milky Way (IMAGE)

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An Impression of Our Warped and Twisted Milky Way

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A slightly exaggerated impression of the real shape of our warped and twisted Milky Way.

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Xiaodian Chen (National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

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