Via Metafilter (this thread) 
an amazing picture (actually an artist rendering) of the Milky Way after a survey of the stars in our system showed that it has a bar in the center. Even more goodies over in that same thread. And Wikipedia too!
Think of it: a system as big as the Milky Way (with trillions of stars) and there are still millions (nee: billions) of other systems around. If there was an Intelligent Designer, he must have been pretty busy designing stars.
To see the giant map in full glory, you must go to the university’s site itself (see their ‘photo use’ disclaimer.