Got Milk-y Way?

        YO YO YOSIF! IT BE ME ME ME! LOL! Hey guys. I'm here with another awesome blog for you guys! Today we're going to talk about something sweet. It's called the Milky Way galaxy. Does anyone here know what that is?



oh oh i KNOW i got it right this time!





        Sigh I really thought you were gonna get it this time! (oh man!) Well the Milky Way is our galaxy. A galaxy is a giant cluster of stars, dust, gas, and planets. Now since you know what a galaxy is, we're gonna talk about the Milky Way. Well first, its 100,000 light-years across. A light-year is measured on how fast light travels in a year. Another thing is that its a barred spiral. It basically looks like a spiral except it has a line instead of a giant sphere in the center. Here is a pic:



this pic shows out tiny little sun



       In every galaxy, there is a giant black hole in the center. Ours has one, too. That's why our galaxy keeps spinning. That's something I thought was cool and thought you should know! Another cool thing about the Milky Way is that it has over 200 billion stars! And belive it or not, it's only a middle sized galaxy! Woah. From Earth we can see only 2,500 stars.



so pretty!!!!!



      This galaxy has a lot of gas and dust. It doesn't seem like it but 10-15% of the "normal matter" is dust. And by normal matter, I mean matter that's not dark matter. Dark matter is somthing that reacts with other matter by using gravity. It takes up 80% of all the matter in the universe.  If you thing that's bad, wait till you here this! The Milky Way wasn't always an innocent pretty, galaxy. It got to be this big because it ate other galaxies! Infact, it's eating one right now! The galaxy is called  Sagittarius Dwarf Galaxy. One last thing, it's located in a place called the Local Group, with 30 other galaxies.



wow









   

     OK I think that's all for now. You know, since this is somthing really special. I'm gonna show you guys a supercalafredgalisticexpialodocious video! I'm gonna show you a video to complement the beauty of the many galaxies there are. You didn't think the Milky Way was the only pretty galaxy, did you? Well then watch this. Hope you like it! Oh yeah, there also is a little bit of out solar system. Kk bye! Science Fun:)