“I think that the undulating curve represents the Milky Way and could be a representation of the Great Rift – the dark band of dust that cuts through the Milky Way’s bright band of diffused light,” ...

An Egyptian sarcophagus shows the sky goddess Nut as being covered in stars and having a dark, undulating curve running through her body. This depiction is thought to illustrate the Great Rift, a band ...

In exploring various cultures’ Milky Way mythologies, Graur was struck by ancient Egyptian written sources that referenced ...

An unusual depiction of the ancient Egyptian sky goddess Nut may include a representation of the "Dark River" or "Great Rift"—the band along the Milky Way caused by dust clouds.

"I think that the undulating curve represents the Milky Way and could be a representation of the Great Rift — the dark band of dust that cuts through the Milky Way's bright band of diffused ...

Dr. Graur said, "I think that the undulating curve represents the Milky Way and could be a representation of the Great Rift—the dark band of dust that cuts through the Milky Way's bright band of ...

Near Deneb, the brightest star in the constellation Cygnus, the Milky Way appears to split in half, separated lengthwise by a dark lane poetically (if not ominously) called the Great Rift.

The findings that are currently being carried out continue to surprise all experts, such as one that has taken place recently. A group of experts has found several images of an anc ...

Finding the Milky Way in the night sky is fairly easy ... A broad band of interstellar dust (the Great Rift) blocks our view, forcing observers to utilise radio astronomy to explore it.