GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -The Milky Way is a huge collection of stars, dust and gas. It’s called a spiral galaxy because if you could view it from the top or bottom, it would look like a spinning pinwheel. The Sun is located on one of the spiral arms, about 25, 000 light-years away from the center of the galaxy.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Sun (and, of course, the rest of our solar system) is located near the Orion arm, between two major arms (Perseus and Sagittarius). The diameter of the Milky Way is about 100, 000 light-years and the Sun is located about 28, 000 light-years from the Galactic Center.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Sun is located in the Milky Way Galaxy, which is shaped like a flat disk with outwardly spiraling arms. The overall diameter of the Milky Way Galaxy is about 100, 000 light-years. Our Sun and solar system is about 27, 000 light-years from the center, in one of the spiral arms.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Milky Way is a large barred spiral galaxy. All the stars we see in the night sky are in our own Milky Way Galaxy. Our galaxy is called the Milky Way because it appears as a milky band of light in the sky when you see it in a really dark area.