The person who discovered the existence of galaxies outside of the milky way was Edwin Hubble. He also discovered that galaxies move away from each other with a constant acceleration, leading to the big bang theory.
The person who discovered the existence of galaxies outside of the milky way was Edwin Hubble. He also discovered that galaxies move away from each other with a constant acceleration, leading to the big bang theory.
Edwin Hubble
1924
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The Milky Way is our galaxy, the are no other galaxies within it though we are part of a local group of galaxies.
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.
Spiral galaxies
The Milky Way is not the only galaxy. There are more than a trillion times a trillion galaxies in the whole universe. Scientists have already discovered many tens of thousand galaxies.
no we couldn't because galaxies mean the milky way and if the milky way wasn't here we wouldn't
There are billions of galaxies in the Universe.
No. Although the Milky Way is a relatively large galaxy it is nowhere near the largest known. Galaxies dozens of times the size and hundreds of times the mass of the Milky Way have been observed.
The local group of galaxies that include our Milky Way is called the "Local Group".The local group of galaxies that include our Milky Way is called the "Local Group".The local group of galaxies that include our Milky Way is called the "Local Group".The local group of galaxies that include our Milky Way is called the "Local Group".