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Milky Way

[mil-kee wey] / ˈmɪl ki ˈweɪ /


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Astronomers selected this area because it lies far from the crowded plane of the Milky Way, reducing interference from nearby stars and dust.

From Science Daily

It's only the excited energy of Siân and James that makes me realise it is actually something else - the Milky Way.

From BBC

The Milky Way itself contains a stellar bar at its center.

From Science Daily

Now, Dr. Jo-Anne Brown, PhD, is focused on charting something we cannot see at all: the Milky Way's magnetic field.

From Science Daily

The Kuiper Belt itself is a relic of the early Milky Way, when the galaxy existed as a rotating disc of gas and dust.

From Science Daily