Milky+Way


 * Written Information **: The Milky Way. Its 12,000 light years across or 100,000 years to get from one end to the other. It's the vast place we call home.The Milky Way is Earth's home galaxy.Humans can see only the part of the galaxy that surrounds Earth. The Milky Way is visible on clear, summer nights, in places far from the glare of city lights. But before 1918, astronomers believed that Earth's solar system was at the center of the Milky Way, but that wasn't right.The galaxies center really lies some 26,000 light-years away from us.The Milky Way is just one of hundereds of little galaxies in the solar system.

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 * = [[image:http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/63375main_image_feature_202_jw4.jpg width="309" height="216" align="bottom" caption="Hubble photo of Galaxy NGC 3949 http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/63375main_image_feature_202_jw4.jpg "]] ||= [[image:http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/421527main_image_1578_946-710.jpg width="228" height="237" align="bottom" caption="Milky Way Galaxy in an Infrared View http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/421527main_image_1578_946-710.jpg"]] ||= [[image:http://callisto.ggsrv.com/imgsrv/FastFetch/UBER1/00017961 width="294" height="238" caption="The galaxy http://callisto.ggsrv.com/imgsrv/FastFetch/UBER1/00017961"]] ||=   ||
 * = [[image:http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/188405main_hurt_Milky_Way_2005-590_med.jpg width="234" height="211" align="right" caption="image of the milky way http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/188405main_hurt_Milky_Way_2005-590_med.jpg "]] ||= [[image:http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/376655main_image_1439_946-710.jpg width="231" height="232" align="bottom" caption="Milky Way Galaxy http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/376655main_image_1439_946-710.jpg"]] ||=  ||=   ||

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**Topic: Research Focus**
 * TOPIC:**Milky Way
 * State the focus of your research:**Size,Description

**Notes**

** SIZE: **

 * ==== 12,000 light years across ====
 * Take about 100,000 years to get from one end to the other
 * It contains the Sun and hundreds of billions of other stars.

DESCRIPTION/OTHER:

 * formed seven billion years ago
 * The Milky Way is Earth's home galaxy.
 * Humans can see only the part of the galaxy that surrounds Earth.
 * It is visible on clear, summer nights, in places far from the glare of city lights.
 * Before 1918, astronomers believed that Earth's solar system was at the center of the Milky Way.
 * The galaxyies center lies some 26,000 light-years away
 * The **Milky Way** is packed with stars, comets, asteroids, moons, and planets
 * Even from a distance, it is impossible to see our galaxy's large-scale features other than the disk.