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Our solar system is located in the thin disk of the Milky Way.
milky way is a galaxy which consists of countless numbers of stars,asteriods,meteors,dust ,rocks ,etc ,.the solar system refers to our system which includes the sun and the nine planets. There are currently 278 stars in the milky way galaxy around which planets have been discovered.
the milky way is a galaxy, there are billions of stars in the milky way galaxy
The milky way was formed by stars gases and dust . The milky way also started as a black hole and stars dust and gases gathered around the black hole.
All named stars are within the Milky Way galaxy. In fact all individual stars are within the Milky Way galaxy.
what is the thin gas and clusters of stars surrounds the disk of the Milky Way Galaxy.
The stars throughout the disk.
The ones in the bulge or halo are older star, the ones in the disk are younger.
Population II stars are the oldest in our Milky Way. Population III stars were the first stars in the Universe, but have yet to be discovered. See related question
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Yes. There have been hundreds of planets discovered in other stars in the Milky Way. It has been estimated that the Milky Way likely contains hundreds of billions of planets.
The Milky Way is a disk of stars with the sun near the center.
According to the Eclipse Aviation website, the most current number of stars that have been discovered by humans is around 100 billion stars just within the Milky Way Galaxy. There is also a catalog that compiles the images of over 84 million stars within the central parts of the Milky Way, which is currently the most detailed record of stars that have been officially confirmed as discovered.
Our solar system is located in the thin disk of the Milky Way.
There are 8 planets in our own SOLAR SYSTEM, including Jupiter; according to current research, it seems that most of the stars in our Milky Way have their own planets. That means there are probably over a billion stars in our Milky Way; most of these stars have not been discovered yet.
The galaxy is covered in dust. A large but very faint layer of stars surrounds the disk and bulge. In addition to stars, the Milky Way contains clouds of gas and dust called nebulae.
The discovery of the Milky Way is credited to the ancient Greek philosopher Democritus, who was the first person in recorded history to make the assumption that the Milky Way existed and was made up of billions of distant stars.