The Milky Way
Published by Milky Way Galaxy is a barred spiral galaxy that is a part of the billions of galaxies in the observable universe.
A galaxy is a collection of many million stars. We also live in one such star city. You must have noticed a white ribbon crossing the sky during the night time. This ribbon comprises of millions and billions of stars closely bound together to form a bond of light.
This ribbon is actually a small fragment of the Milky Way galaxy. The Milky Way is the galaxy to which our Solar System belongs. Our Sun is one of the 500,000 million stars in our own galaxy. The Sun lies at quite a distance from the center of the galaxy.
Position of the Sun on Milky Way
The Milky Way as seen from Earth
Side view of the Milky Way
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On November 13, 2010 at 6:23 am
good share
On November 13, 2010 at 6:32 am
nice share – gj
On November 13, 2010 at 6:35 am
that is a disastrous end of the milky way, but by that time we and our descendants are long gone from this world.
On November 13, 2010 at 10:53 am
Thanks for this informative and lovely sharing`
On November 13, 2010 at 4:24 pm
great share
On October 15, 2011 at 12:00 pm
good post