By Sakshi Sah
Published Dec 25, 2024

Hindustan Times
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6 mind-blowing NASA facts about the Milky Way galaxy

The Milky Way is a typical galaxy with hundreds of billions of stars, gas, and dust.

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It has enough gas and dust to create billions more stars in the future.

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The Milky Way contains at least ten times more dark matter than visible stars and gas combined.

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Milky Way is a spiral galaxy, just like more than two-thirds of known galaxies.

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The centre of the Milky Way generates a lot of energy and sometimes vivid flares.

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Astronomers believe the centre contains a supermassive black hole, due to the immense gravity.

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Many galaxies have different shapes, like elliptical ones or even toothpicks and rings.

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The Milky Way is just one of billions of fascinating galaxies in the universe.

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