Milky Way

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Today, our solar system lies about 27,000 light years from the center of the Milky Way.

From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026

NASA's Kepler mission transformed exoplanet science by monitoring roughly 100,000 stars and demonstrating that planets are extraordinarily common throughout the Milky Way.

From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026

Weather-permitting, and when conditions are right, the Highlands offers the chance to see the Milky Way and displays of the aurora borealis - the Northern Lights.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

Astronomers have long believed the Milky Way is filled with neutron stars, the ultra dense remnants left behind when massive stars explode.

From Science Daily • May 15, 2026

Could there be something special about our location in the universe, as if the Milky Way had performed some inadvertent but offensive act in the social life of galaxies?

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan