Well, I suppose we're still at the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy...

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/54481-far-out-in-the-unchart...

What does it mean by saying "our section of the Milky Way galaxy"? If the section is somehow larger, does that mean that the Milky Way galaxy is also larger?

the answer here has more background:

http://astronomy.stackexchange.com/questions/10175/how-many-...

Here's what they're talking about, for those who want a picture:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_Arm

This article really needed illustrations.

Noob here - how do they know what the Milk Way looks like?

When it comes to the Universe/Multiverse, everything is always bigger than we think.

i thought it was bigger than 4 times bigger than what you all thought.

you're all idiots.

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great article