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Not long after, he still had hopes of finding his location in the Milky Way when ''Moya''{{'}}s crew landed on [[Denea]] and asked [[Lyneea]] for [[star chart]]s to that end. ("[[I, E.T.]]")
 
Not long after, he still had hopes of finding his location in the Milky Way when ''Moya''{{'}}s crew landed on [[Denea]] and asked [[Lyneea]] for [[star chart]]s to that end. ("[[I, E.T.]]")
   
 
Scorpius devoted the considerable resources available to his research project to cross-referencing the stellar information which was in Crichton's mind (that he obtained from the neural chip) of all stars known to Earth scientists, with the stellar cartography known to the [[Peacekeeper]]s. After exhaustive research, Scorpius was able to identify the location of Earth relative to Peacekeeper space, and they are both indeed located within the Milky Way Galaxy. Scorpius explains that even using advanced Peacekeeper faster-than-light travel, at the current technological level in the Uncharted Territories it would take a Peacekeeper Command Carrier about 60 cycles to travel to Earth. ("[[Into the Lion's Den - Lambs to the Slaughter]]")
For much of the series, it was an open question if the Uncharted Territories, as well as Peacekeeper and Scarran space, were even located in the same galaxy as Earth. Crichton's opening monologue in the credits continued to describe it as simply "some distant part of the universe".
 
 
Eventually, however, in the season 3 finale their location was confirmed: Scorpius devoted the considerable resources available to his research project to cross-referencing the stellar information which was in Crichton's mind (that he obtained from the neural chip) of all stars known to Earth scientists, with the stellar cartography known to the PeaceKeepers. After exhaustive research, Scorpius was able to identify the location of Earth relative to PeaceKeeper space, and they are both indeed located within the Milky Way Galaxy. Scorpius explains that even using advanced PeaceKeeper faster-than-light travel, at the current technological level in the Uncharted Territories it would take a PeaceKeeper spaceship about 60 cycles to travel to Earth.
 
 
This also somewhat explains why Earth has never run into other spacefaring races before: Earth is 60 years' travel out into the very outer periphery of inhabited space. As John Crichton explains to his father, sooner or later another race will eventually find Earth, so when Crichton last visited the Sol system he left behind a "gift" for his father and the other scientists at IASA: detailed information on everything he ever learned about advanced PeaceKeeper technology like faster-than-light [[Heche drive]] and plasma weapons. What impact Crichton's imparting of interstellar travel technology wil have on Earth is unrevealed, or if humans will be able to develop a space fleet in enough time to defend itself, though they've got a head-start of a few decades.
 
   
 
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The Milky Way was a galaxy that contained Earth and its solar system. It also contained the Uncharted Territories and the realms of the Scarran Empire.

When John Crichton arrived aboard Moya after his wormhole travel, one of the first things he asked was whether he was still in Orion's Arm in the Milky Way. ("Premiere")

Not long after, he still had hopes of finding his location in the Milky Way when Moya's crew landed on Denea and asked Lyneea for star charts to that end. ("I, E.T.")

Scorpius devoted the considerable resources available to his research project to cross-referencing the stellar information which was in Crichton's mind (that he obtained from the neural chip) of all stars known to Earth scientists, with the stellar cartography known to the Peacekeepers. After exhaustive research, Scorpius was able to identify the location of Earth relative to Peacekeeper space, and they are both indeed located within the Milky Way Galaxy. Scorpius explains that even using advanced Peacekeeper faster-than-light travel, at the current technological level in the Uncharted Territories it would take a Peacekeeper Command Carrier about 60 cycles to travel to Earth. ("Into the Lion's Den - Lambs to the Slaughter")

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