| UPDATED: 17:33, Fri, Feb 5, 2021 Link copied Sign up for FREE for the biggest new releases, reviews and tech hacks SUBSCRIBE Invalid email When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they'll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time. The Milky Way galaxy is home to hundreds of billions of stars, including our Sun around which we orbit. Since we cannot see what the galaxy looks like from the outside, most people might imagine the Milky Way resembles a flat disk with two arms coiling around its galactic centre. But new research has found this mental picture is only partially true, as our home galaxy appears to be warped around the edges like the brim of a hat.