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Is the Milky Way moving farther away from most other galaxies in the universe?
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∙ 16y ago
In fact, most galaxies are moving away from all the other galaxies in the universe. Think in terms of expansion. There is no clearly identifiable central spot from which everything emanated, but the galaxies are clearly expanding away from one another. There are occasional collisions of galaxies; we will collide with Andromeda at some point perhaps millions of years from now. This is because there are clusters of galaxies which seem to clump together, orbit around each other and otherwise interact.
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∙ 14y agoThe answer is no But this is in general thinking, if you are talking about the sun being further away from the earth than the edge of the Milky Way then the answer is no. But because the Milky Way is the universe in a way it is all around us and therefore the Milky Way galaxy is closer to earth.
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∙ 14y agoSpace research is beginning to develop a way to clear up these questions using several resources like Hubble orbiting telescope for instance. The mysteries of Universe will take a lot yet to give us some convincing answers. The expansion of the Universe theory is a new one that is intensively studied. Formation and death of stars, the black holes, are some of the new issues which will become more and more exciting further on.
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∙ 14y agoAndromeda is a little over 2 million light years away. The Sombrero Galaxy is ten million light years away. We can see billions of galaxies that are more than 10 billion light years away.
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Relationship of red shift and the big bang theory?
The Big Bang theory predicts an expanding universe. The red shift, being the Doppler effect of light when something is receding from you, confirms this because when looking at galaxies the light emitted from them is red shifted. The farther away galaxies have a higher red shift, confirming that all galaxies are moving away from each other, not just the Milky Way (i.e. the universe is expanding).
How can galaxies collide if they are moving away from each other?
Not all galaxies are moving away from each other. In fact the galaxy Andromeda is moving toward the Milky Way and they will eventually collide, because Andromeda is so much bigger than our Milky Way it will preatty much eat us and ruin our galaxy. Good news: it won't happen in our life time, and we are the 2nd largest gallaxy in the Local Group and no other (known) gallaxies are moving toward us.
Is the sun moving or is it static?
Nothing in our universe is static. The Sun moves in at least four ways. It rotates on it axis (spins) and it also moves in an orbit around the center of the galaxy (milky way). The galaxy, and thus the Sun, is moving through space within the cluster of galaxies it is a member of, and this cluster moves through space towards another larger cluster of galaxies.
What is bigger the milky way or the universe?
The Universe. The Milky Way is equivalant of an atom of sand on the beach to the Earth as the Milky Way is to the Universe.Yes. The universe is everything in existence. The Milky Way is but a microscopic part of the universe.
What does Milky Way mean?
The section of the night sky where you view the milky way galaxy edge on. There are so many stars in this part of the night sky that it look like a path of spilled milk - therefore it is called the milky way., The Milky Way is the galaxy in which the solar system is located. 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.
Is the milky way galaxy growing with the universe too?
No, the growth of the universe is caused by the galaxies moving away from each other, with no relation to their size.
Are there galaxies other than the Milky Way?
There are billions of galaxies in the Universe.
Who is the 20th Century astronomer proved that the universe contained a multitude of galaxies that were moving away from the Milky Way?
william herschel
Is the Milky Way the biggest in the universe?
No. There are many much larger galaxies in the Universe than the Milky Way.
is the milky way one of the many galaxies in space?
Yes - the Milky Way is just one example of the billions of galaxies in the Universe.
Is the milky way a universe?
No. The Milky Way galaxy is just one of billions of galaxies in the Universe. Just like there are billions of planets in the Milky Way Galaxy, there are also comparable numbers of planets in other galaxies.
How would other galaxies appear to move relative to Earth if the universe were shrinking?
If the Universe was shrinking the galaxies would appear to be moving towards the Earth, and look more blue than they should. This is the opposite to the universe expanding where galaxies would appear to be moving away from the Earth, which we know due to "red shift". Andromeda would be the exception since it's directly moving towards the Milky Way.
How many milky way galaxies end on end to the edge of the universe?
If the milky way galaxy is 100,000 light years across and if the universe is 13 billion years old, you would have 130,000 milky way galaxies, end on end to the edge of the universe.
Is the galaxy the universe?
The galaxy, the one we are in, we call the Milky Way. It is one of billions of galaxies. These galaxies and everything else make up the universe. Compared to the universe galaxies are small fry.
Are there more galaxies than the milky way galaxy?
Yes. The Milky Way is just one galaxy. There are billions of galaxies in the known universe.
What is the number of Milky Way in your universe?
there is exactly one milky way galaxy in our universe (why would there be two galaxies with the same name?)
Relationship of red shift and the big bang theory?
The Big Bang theory predicts an expanding universe. The red shift, being the Doppler effect of light when something is receding from you, confirms this because when looking at galaxies the light emitted from them is red shifted. The farther away galaxies have a higher red shift, confirming that all galaxies are moving away from each other, not just the Milky Way (i.e. the universe is expanding).
