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In China, the Milky Way is known as the “Silver River”
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In Japan and Korea “Silver River” means galaxies in general
2020
By Ellie
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The closest galaxy to us is the Andromeda Galaxy
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It’s estimated at 2.5 million light-years away.
2020
By Ellie
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There are approximately 100 thousand million stars in the Milky Way
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Out of all the known galaxies, the Milky Way is the one that contains the most stars.
2017
By Ellie
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There are three main types of galaxies
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Elliptical, spiral & irregular.
2017
By Ellie
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It would take a modern spacecraft 450,000,000 years to travel to the center of our galaxy
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The Milky Way galaxy is 105,700 light-years wide
2020
By Ellie
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