GK
SOLAR SYSTEM
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Question
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Which galaxy is the band of thousands of stars that contains Earth?
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Andromeda
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Centaurus A
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Milky Way
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Sagittarius A*
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Astronomy > The Milky Way Galaxy. Did you know that our star, the Sun, is just one of hundreds of billions of stars swirling within an enormous cosmic place called the Milky Way Galaxy? The Milky Way is a huge collection of stars, dust and gas.
Detailed explanation-2: -We live in one of the arms of a large spiral galaxy called the Milky Way. The Sun and its planets (including Earth) lie in this quiet part of the galaxy, about half way out from the centre.
Detailed explanation-3: -Our Milky Way galaxy is just one of the billions of galaxies in the universe. Within it, there are at least 100 billion stars, and on average, each star has at least one planet orbiting it.
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