THE MILKY WAY IS THE NAME GIVEN TO THE FAINT BAND OF LIGHT that stretches across the night sky . This light comes from stars and nebulae in our galaxy, known as the Milky way Galaxy or simply as the "Galaxy".The Galaxy is shaped like a spiral , with a dense central bulge that is encircled by four arms spiraling outwards and surrounded by a less dense halo.We can not see the spiral shape because the Solar system is in one of the spiral arms , the Orion Arms (also called local arm)from our position, the center of the galaxy is completely obscured by by dust clouds; as a result , optical maps give only a limited view of the Galaxy . However , a more complete picture can be obtained studying ratio, infra- red , and other radiation.The central bulge of the Galaxy is a relatively small , dense , sphere that contain only red and yellow stars.The halo is less dense region in which oldest stars are situated.;some of these stars are may be as old as the Galaxy it self (15 billion years).The spiral arm contain mainly , hot ,young,blue stars, as well as nebulae(clouds of dust and gas inside which are burn)the Galaxy is vast , about 100,000 light years across(a light year is about 9,460 billion kilometers) in comparison , the solar system seem small , at about 12 light hours across( about 15 billion kilometers ).
The entire Galaxy is rotating in space , although the inner stars travel faster than those further out . The Sun , which is about two -thirds out from the center , completes one lap of the Galaxy about 220 million years.
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The entire Galaxy is rotating in space , although the inner stars travel faster than those further out . The Sun , which is about two -thirds out from the center , completes one lap of the Galaxy about 220 million years.
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