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The Milky Way is what?

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The Milky Way [See Link] is the galaxy which is the home of our Solar System together with at least 200 billion other stars It is a barred spiral galaxy that is part of the Local Group of galaxies. It is one of billions of galaxies in the observable universe.

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The Milky Way is the galaxy in which our Solar System (and thus Earth) is located, visible from Earth as a nebulous band of light in the sky.

Music
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