GAIA: The Galactic Census Project A European Space Agency satellite mission designed to determine the composition, formation and evolution of our Galaxy, and create a detailed 3D map of over a billion stars. http://astro.estec.esa.nl/GAIA/

The Milky Way: Our Galaxy An educational guide to our galaxy's history and part in the universe. http://www.star.le.ac.uk/edu/mway/

APOD: Milky Way NASA's "Astronomy Picture of the Day" index to Milky Way images. http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/lib/milky_way.html

The Milky Way A short definition of the Milky Way's components and composition. http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/m_uni/uni_101mw.html

StarChild: The Milky Way A kids' guide to the galaxy, complete with an educational song. http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/universe_level2/milky_way.html

Milky Way Could Hold Remnants of Last Galactic 'Meal' Some celestial detective work strongly suggests that the Milky Way consumed a smaller galaxy billions of years ago. http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/01/08/milky.way.meal/

The Milky Way Galaxy: Our Home A brief illustrated definition of the Milky Way. http://www.windows.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/tour_def/the_universe/Milkyway.html

The Milky Way Galaxy An informational hub page for material on our galaxy, with links and references. http://www.seds.org/messier/more/mw.html

Multiwavelength Milky Way Technical overview of various frequency scans of the galaxy, with images and data files, from NASA's Astrophysics Data Facility. http://adc.gsfc.nasa.gov/mw/milkyway.html

MSN Learning & Research Plus: Milky Way Encyclopedia article providing an introduction to the galaxy's characteristics. http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761558916

The Milky Way Galaxy Illustrated and technical overview of the galaxy's structure and composition. http://cassfos02.ucsd.edu/public/tutorial/MW.html

Virtual Universe: Milky Way Galaxy WebSpace VRML models of the Milky Way, available with 40,000 or 4,000 stars and the appropriate distribution of 15 spectral types. http://rumba.gsfc.nasa.gov/iuniverse/galaxy/

Scientific American: Our Growing, Breathing Galaxy Detailed historical information and new discoveries about our galaxy. http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa006&articleID=0000107A-6236-1FD5-A23683414B7F0000

What is the Milky Way Called in Different Languages? Translated names of the galaxy in various languages. http://www.hut.fi/u/stoivane/milkyway/

Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik - Galactic Center Research The research team, observations, results, publications, image gallery, and related links. http://www.mpe.mpg.de/ir/GC/

Laser Stars - Quasars Quasars are not black holes, they are laser stars within our galaxy. http://members.rogers.com/laserstars/glossary/quasar.html