Images credit: NASA, via Kitt Peak National Observatory (visible, top) and Spitzer (IR, below).

How Astronomers See The Universe Through Our Galaxy

The stars, gas, nebulae and dust in our galactic plane make it impossible to see through. But there are other forms of light.

Ethan Siegel
8 min readFeb 26, 2016

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“Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.” -Jonathan Swift

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Ethan Siegel
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The Universe is: Expanding, cooling, and dark. It starts with a bang! #Cosmology Science writer, astrophysicist, science communicator & NASA columnist.