CONTENTS About the Milky Way Galaxy Size Shape Age IO Stars I2 Dust 14 16 Gas Planets 18 20 22 24 26 The Central Black Hole The Central Bulge Clusters The Halo Our Home Galaxy Glossary For More Information Index 28 30 31 32
ABOUT THE A MILKY WAY GALAXY Look up on a dark clear night See that faint dusting of white stars stretching across the sky That's the Milky Way galaxy It s made up of hundreds of billions of stars and clouds of dust and gas Our Sun is one of those billions of stars That means Earth and all the other planets of our solar system at On a dark clear night the Milky Way is a spectacular
What Is the Milky Way?
The Milky Way is just one of billions of galaxies. By exploring our galaxy, we have uncovered some of the universe's unknowns.
About This Book
By: Edward Willett
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Published by: Rosen Publishing provided by Britannica
