This 1.7 gigapixel photo of a part of the Milky Way took 12 years and 1250 hours of exposures

SciFi Thoughts interview with JPL Scientist Jonathan Jiang on his paper about A Statistical Estimation of the Occurrence of Extraterrestrial Intelligence in the Milky Way Galaxy

Wow! This incredible image of the Milky Way took 12 years to create

A Photographer Spent 12 Years Making This Milky Way Pic. It Will Crush Your Tiny Heart