Milky Way
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| Stars | 250 billion ± 150 billion |
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| Sun's Galactic rotation period | 240 Myr |
| Sun's distance to Galactic Center | 26. 4 ± 1. 0 kly (8. 09 ± 0. 31 kpc) |
| Spiral pattern rotation period | 220–360 Myr |
| Escape velocity at Sun's position | 550 km/s |
| Did you know | It's about 50,000 light-years away from the Milky Way center. |
| Episodes | EpisodesE30 · Pillow TimeJun 23, 2021 E29 · Take it EasyJun 22, 2021 E28 · Full MoonJun 22, 2021 View 25+ more |
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| ID | 596611 |
About Milky Way
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Euclid telescope: First images revealed from 'dark Universe' mission
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Mangrove forests: Steely gaze of young tigress wins photo awards
... Mangroves & Landscape highly commended: Between Ancient and Modern Lights, by Aaron Ruy G Musa, PhilippinesLights from Bais City, the Milky Way and the Lyrid meteor shower [are seen alongside] the mangrove s trees during darkness and low tide...
Northern Lights: England's skies glow in aurora spectacle
... Leah Hennessey waited by Ashness Jetty, near Keswick, to see the Milky Way but was diverted to snapping the Northern Lights when she saw the lights...
James Webb: Telescope reveals new detail in famous supernova
... SN1987A is sited a mere 170,000 light-years from us in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy adjacent to our own Milky Way Galaxy...
James Webb telescope image dazzles on science birthday
... Both professional and amateur stargazers like to look at Rho Ophiuchi, which can be found just to one side of the plane of the Milky Way...
Milky Way: Icy observatory reveals 'ghost particles'
... The blurry, extraordinary image is of the Milky Way, but it is composed of the " ghostly" particles that are emitted by the reactions that power stars...
8 Ursae Minoris b: Scientists unlock mystery of planet that escaped death
... The planet - 8 Ursae Minoris b - was identified in 2015 in the Milky Way...
King Charles: Chocolate bust created to celebrate coronation
... Miniature bars of Snickers, Mars, Twix, Milky Way, Galaxy and Bounty were among those used to decorate the model...
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