NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Artist's Rendering Of Kepler's Target Region In The Milky Way

An artists rendering of what our galaxy might look as viewed from outside our Galaxy. Our sun is about 25,000 light years from the center of our galaxy. The cone illustrates the neighborhood of our galaxy that the Kepler Mission will search to find habitable planets. Credit: Jon Lomberg.

Next: Close-up view of the same region