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Universe Galaxy Milky Way Solar System. The Milky Way is the galaxy that contains our Solar System with the name describing the galaxys appearance from Earth. Nov 30 2011 Galactic journey. Scientists believe the universe is still expanding outward. Nov 08 2017 The Milky Way Galaxy The major arms consist of the highest densities of both young and old stars.
The Milky Way is an ancient galaxy that was born only a few hundred million years after the Big Bang. The minor arms are primarily filled with gas and pockets of star-forming activity. On that scale with our Solar System in your hand the Milky Way Galaxy with its 200 400 billion stars would span North America see the illustration on the right. A hazy band of light seen in the night sky formed from stars that cannot be individually distinguished by the naked eyeThe term Milky Way is a translation of the Latin via lactea from the Greek γαλακτικός κύκλος galaktikos kklos milky circle. In galaxies the solar systems are separated by vast sections of mostly empty space. Galaxies come in many sizes.
The Milky Way is big but some galaxies like our Andromeda Galaxy neighbor are much larger.
How Old Are Galaxies. Galaxies like solar systems are held together by gravity. If we could see the Sun moving among our ni. Milky Way the galaxy of which the sun and solar system are a part seen as a broad band of light arching across the night sky from horizon to horizon. This is an illustration of our galaxy the Milky Way. The Milky Way Galaxy is organized into spiral arms of giant stars that illuminate interstellar gas and dust.
