SOLAR SYSTEM

UNIVERSE

SPACE EXPLORATION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the Milky Way?
A
a candy bar
B
a star
C
a solar system
D
a galaxy
Explanation: 

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: -A galaxy is defined as a large group of stars, gas, and dust bound together by gravity. Our galaxy is known as Milkyway because it appears as a milky band of light in the sky. Galaxies come in a variety of shapes and sizes. Milkway is a large barred spiral galaxy.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Milky Way is a galaxy in which the Solar System and the planet Earth are located. There are around 400 billion stars in our Milky Way galaxy, and one of these stars is our Sun. Our galaxy is round and flat, like a plate with spiral arms. There is a giant black hole in the centre of our Milky Way.

Detailed explanation-4: -The ancient Romans called our galaxy the Via Lactea, which literally means “The Road of Milk.” And according to the Astronomy Picture of the Day website, the Greek word for “galaxy” also derives from the word “milk”.

Detailed explanation-5: -The band of light that you see isn’t actually milk, of course-it’s a galaxy. A galaxy is a huge bunch of stars clustered together in space. Our solar system-which includes the sun, Earth, and seven other planets-is part of this galaxy, called … you guessed it … the Milky Way.

Detailed explanation-6: -Our solar system is found in the Milky Way galaxy. It is also known as Akash Ganga, as it appears to be white in colour. It is believed that our galaxy is home to almost 10, 000 stars.

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