Our solar system makes up only a tiny part of the Milky Way. To compare, if the entire Milky Way would be the size of the United States, our solar system would only be the size of an American penny.
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February 11, 2012
Did You Know - Our humble home
The stars that you see in the night sky are part of the Milky Way,
our home galaxy. But the Milky Way is not all around us because we do
not live in the middle of the Milky Way; our solar system resides midway
between the edge and the center of the Milky Way galaxy. If we could
travel at the speed of light (186,000 miles per second), it would take
us about 25,000 years to reach either the rim or the center of the Milky
Way.
Our solar system makes up only a tiny part of the Milky Way. To compare, if the entire Milky Way would be the size of the United States, our solar system would only be the size of an American penny.
Our solar system makes up only a tiny part of the Milky Way. To compare, if the entire Milky Way would be the size of the United States, our solar system would only be the size of an American penny.
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