Top 10 interesting facts about Milkyway Galaxy

 

1. The Milky Way galaxy is a barred spiral galaxy, with a central bar and spiral arms.
2. It is estimated to contain around 100 billion stars.
3. The Milky Way is thought to be around 13.6 billion years old.
4. The galaxy is around 100,000 light-years across and 1,000 light-years thick.
5. The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way, known as Sagittarius A*, is thought to have a mass of around 4 million times that of the Sun.
6. The Milky Way is part of the Local Group of galaxies, which also includes the Andromeda galaxy and around 50 smaller galaxies.
7. The galaxy is moving at a speed of around 514,000 miles per hour relative to the cosmic microwave background radiation.
8. The Milky Way is currently in collision course with the Andromeda galaxy and it is estimated that the collision will happen in about 4 billion years.
9. The galaxy's most famous feature is the bright band of light that runs through the night sky, known as the Milky Way, which is created by the collective light of stars and interstellar gas and dust.
10. The Milky Way galaxy is home to our solar system, containing the Sun, Earth and other eight planets, as well as numerous asteroids, comets and other bodies.