Milky Way Galaxy: Facts About Our Galactic Home

Monday, June 12, 2017 - 22:52 in Astronomy & Space

The Milky Way is a barred spiral galaxy, about 100,000 light-years across. We live on one of its minor spurs, the Orion Arm.

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