Animation showing hidden galaxies discovered in the 'Zone of Avoidance' from space galaxy Watch Video
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Description: An animation showing the location of the galaxies discovered in the 'Zone of Avoidance'. Until now this region of space has remained hidden from view because of the gas and dust of the Milky Way which blocks light at optical wavelengths from reaching telescopes on Earth. By using CSIRO's Parkes radio telescope to detect radio waves that can travel through our galaxy's gas and dust, hundreds of new galaxies have been found in the region of space known to astronomers as the 'Zone of Avoidance'. Th
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