Milky+Way+-+BS

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 * Source Citation:** "Milky Way." //Kids InfoBits Presents: Astronomy//. Gale, 2008. Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2012. []

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"Milky Way." //Astronomy & Space: From the Big Bang to the Big Crunch//. Gale, 2010. //Gale Science In Context//. Web. 12 Mar. 2012. Document URL []

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The Milky Way formed seven to ten billion years ago. Looking down on it, the Milky Way is shaped like a spiral. The center looks like a bar, so it is called a barred spiral. Arms swirl out from the center. They make the Milky Way look like a spinning pinwheel. From the side, the galaxy looks like a fried egg. The center of the Milky Way bulges up like the yolk. Most of the oldest stars are in the center. There are giant red stars and huge clouds of gases. Stars are also much closer together in the center. So the Milky Way looks much brighter there.

Milky WayThe Milky Way is Earth's home galaxy. It contains the Sun and hundreds of billions of other stars. From Earth, humans can see only the part of the galaxy that surrounds Earth, because so much of the galaxy (particularly near the center) is blocked from view by interstellar dust and gas. It is visible on clear, summer nights, in places far from the glare of city lights. The Milky Way galaxy appears as a starry expanse of light stretching across the sky. In ancient times, people felt this glowing band of light resembled a river of milk, which is how it got its name.