By Jasreet Kaur23, Jul 2024 04:40 PMjagranjosh.com
Amazing Facts
The Milky Way is our home galaxy. It has vast comic structures which can be very fascinating. Tap to read amazing facts about the milky way.
Size
The Milky Way spans 100,000 light-years in diameter, making it a vast galaxy. If you traveled at the speed of light, it would take you 100,000 years to cross from one side to the other.
Stars
It contains over 100 billion stars, including our Sun, and continues forming new ones. Many of these stars have their own planetary systems.
Solar System’s Orbit
The solar system takes 225-250 million years to orbit the galaxy's center. This journey is known as a cosmic year or galactic year.
Supermassive Black Hole
The center hosts a supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A, millions of times the Sun's mass. It plays a crucial role in the dynamics and structure of our galaxy.
Exoplanets
The Milky Way is home to countless exoplanets, many potentially habitable, orbiting stars. Discoveries by missions like Kepler have identified thousands of these worlds.
Local Group
It is part of the Local Group of galaxies, including Andromeda and 50 smaller galaxies. The gravitational interactions within this group influence the movement and evolution of its members.
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