Milky Way Galaxy
The Milky Way Galaxy is a vast spiral galaxy that contains our Solar System, along with billions of other stars and their planetary systems. It has a distinct flat shape with arms that spiral outward, and it spans about 100,000 light-years in diameter. The galaxy is made up of stars, gas, dust, and dark matter. The Milky Way is part of a larger group of galaxies known as the Local Group, and it is estimated to contain over 200 billion stars. It serves as a fundamental framework for understanding the universe’s structure and our place within it.
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The Milky Way is the galaxy that contains our solar system. It's a vast, spiral-shaped collection of stars, gas, and dust, estimated to have over 100 billion stars, including our Sun. The Milky Way is about 100,000 light-years across and has a central bulge with a supermassive black hole at its center. It is part of a larger group of galaxies called the Local Group. Our solar system is located in one of the Milky Way's spiral arms, known as the Orion Arm, about 27,000 light-years from the center.