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What is the Galactic Core?
The galactic core is the center (not the very center) of the Milky Way Galaxy.
What is the name of the galactic cluster that your galaxy is located in?
mILKY wAY
Is the milky way getting bigger?
Yes it is believed that the Milky Way is getting bigger. A galaxy can only grow if it swallows mass from outside it. Galaxies merge and are absorbed by other galaxies in a process known as Galactic Cannibalism. It is currently believed that a dwarf Galaxy known as the Sagittarius Dwarf is being slowly swallowed by the Milky Way.
What pattern does the Milky Way have?
The Milky Way galaxy is a flat spiral - one of the commonest galactic forms in the universe.
What is the nearest galaxy to the solar system?
The closest galaxy that has planets is the Andromeda galaxy. It is the nearest galactic neighbor to the earth. The Milky Way has other planets too.
Where is the Sun exactly situated in the Milky Way galaxy?
The Sun is located about 25,000 light years from the galactic core in the Orion Arm of the Milky Way Galaxy.
What is the galactic rim Is the galactic rim visible Is the galactic rim the same thing as the center of the Milky Way?
The galactic rim refers to the outer edge or boundary of a galaxy, such as the Milky Way. It is not visible as a distinct feature in the night sky. The galactic rim is not the same thing as the center of the Milky Way, which is a dense region of stars and dust located towards the middle of the galaxy.
What galactic group is are galaxy in?
If I understood the question correctly, our galaxy, the Milky Way, is part of the Local Group.
What galaxy does planet earth belongs to?
Our solar system is not far from the end of one of the spiral arms of the Milky Way. Our sun is about 26 or 27 thousand light years from the galactic center, and the galaxy is about 70 to 100 thousand light years across. See link for more information.See link for pictorial representation.
Are any galaxies moving toward the Milky Way galaxy?
Yes. The Andromeda Galaxy, our galactic neighbor, is heading toward the Milky Way and is expected to collide with our own galaxy in about 3 billion years.
Where exactly is the Sun located in the Milky Way?
The Sun is located about 25,000 light years from the galactic core in the Orion Where_is_the_Sun_exactly_situated_in_the_Milky_Way_galaxyof the Milky Way Galaxy.
What Is thin gas and clusters of stars surrounds the disk of the milky way galaxy?
what is the thin gas and clusters of stars surrounds the disk of the Milky Way Galaxy.
