Virtual Visit to the Milky Way

Our solar system, including the Earth, is part of a larger galaxy called the Milky Way. NASA has created a virtual journey through the Milky Way, to help everyone understand how huge it really is. Take a look by viewing this video clip.

The Chandra orbiting space telescope guides us as we initially zoom past various planets (Earth, Venus, Mercury) and then our Sun. Leaving our solar system, and then the Milky Way, we travel deeper into space.

As NASA describes this video, we next "zoom back in from the Local Group to the Galactic Center & view the Chandra mosaic of the central region of our Galaxy."