Milky Way galaxy 🌌

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 Milky Way is barred spiral galaxy with rather large size compare to other galaxies. It’s around 13.6 billion years old, which is one of the oldest galaxies known to mankind (the oldest so far is 13.8 billion years old). Our “home” contains around 200 billion stars in its self. We all know that Earth rotate Sun and it’s transfers to our solar system and Milky Way. To complete orbit around galaxy it takes about 250 million years. The position of Solar System is 25.000 to 30.000 light-years to the center. Our Sun lies near a small, partial arm called the Orion Arm, or Orion Spur, located between the Sagittarius and Perseus arms.


Lying at the very heart of the Milky Way is a supermassive black hole called Sagittarius A. About 4 million times the mass of the Sun. 
Our home is called the Milky Way after its milky white appearance as it stretches across the sky. In mythology, this milky band appeared because the goddess Hera sprayed milk across the sky. On the other hand in China it is called "Silver River" and in the Kalahari Desert in South Africa it's called the "Backbone of Night".https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1J3KIuHJC92ed--KCS9uh1y1PbGzocA6E
 Origins:https://www.space.com/19915-milky-way-galaxy.html
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/285/the-milky-way-galaxy/

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  1. englishdiarySeptember 24, 2023 at 10:22 PM

    Please adjust the background and the font colours - it's literally impossible to read half of your post. I't go for light background and dark letters, which may be boring but has the best visibility

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