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Milky Way over landscape in Namibia. The Milky Way is our galaxy seen from the inside, forming a band of stars and nebulae stretching across the sky. Trees are seen in the foreground, with part of Namibia's Brandberg Mountain on the horizon. (KEYSTONE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/JUAN CARLOS CASADO (starryearth.com) / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY)