Bob Berman's Strange Universe: Milky Way mysteries
December 2009: After centuries of observations, studies of our galaxy still reveal bizarre features.
Contributed by Bob Berman
Published:
October 26, 2009
| Through countless centuries, a frustrating mystery sprawled across the sky: What was that strange glowing band? Mesoamericans pictured it as the path to heaven taken by the dead. Medieval Europeans called it Via Galactica, the "milk road." |
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