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Answered: What is the size and shape of our galaxy? How could we know?

The entire stellar disk of our galaxy is estimated to have a diameter of 100,000 light-years. The thickness of the Milky Way Galaxy is considered to be approximately 1,000 light-years. The number of stars within the galaxy is estimated to range from 200 billion to 400 billion. For additional details ...

Posted by buckeye 3 years ago

Answered: Who named the Milky Way galaxy?

It was known to the Romans, who got it from the Greeks.

Posted by PGroot 7 months ago

Answered: What makes up the majority of our galaxy? Is it stars, gas, dust, or

I have most recently heard (from NOVA on Public Television) that the majority of matter in the universe may be comprised of "Dark Matter".

Posted by themorgant 3 years ago

Answered: What accounts for most of the gravitational ...

Black matter (i.e. matter that does not radiate in a manner that we can detect) accounts for about 90% of the mass needed to keep our galaxy gravitationally stable. We know it is there, because if it weren't, the galaxy would fly apart.

Posted by jbuford39 3 years ago

Answered: The “milky way” in Japanese

These are the translations I found besides "mirukiiuee" for milky way: ginkaku, tenkaku, amo no gawa / ama no kawa, kakan, and kinga. There is also "tenga," but that is also the name of a Japanese sex toy for men, so I would stay away from it. ;)