Galaxies

That would be a sign that the Universe is contracting, instead of expanding as it currently is.

That would be a sign that the Universe is contracting, instead of expanding as it currently is.

That would be a sign that the Universe is contracting, instead of expanding as it currently is.

That would be a sign that the Universe is contracting, instead of expanding as it currently is.

Observations of galaxies captured by telescopes like the Hubble Space Telescope show distorted shapes and tidal tails, indicating interactions and collisions between galaxies. Redshift data also reveals galaxies gravitationally interacting and merging as they move closer together in the Universe. Computer simulations based on astronomical models also support the theory of galactic collisions.

False. The Earth is located in a spiral galaxy called the Milky Way, not the "Mickey Way". The Milky Way is a barred spiral galaxy that contains our solar system.

That is a globular cluster. These clusters are spherical collections of stars that orbit around the center of a galaxy in its halo. They are typically made up of thousands to millions of stars that are much older than the stars found in the disk of the galaxy.

It is sometimes difficult to tell; our judgment of the size of another galaxy is greatly influenced by the DISTANCE to the other galaxy, and the distance to another galaxy is sometimes tough to know with any precision. Astronomers have revised their distance estimates several times, and we cannot know that we're right THIS time.

But based on what we currently believe to be true, the Milky Way is a larger-than-average galaxy similar to the Andromeda galaxy.

Yes, scientists can look at space and take pictures of it.. the first time this happened was in the mid 1960's when the voyager was launched. It sent back picture's of space to Earth.. almost half a century later it has final reached the edges of our milky way and take pictures of beyond.

The Milky Way Galaxy and about 17 other galaxies within 3 million light-years are collectively known as the Local Group. This group includes galaxies such as Andromeda (M31), Triangulum (M33), and the Milky Way.

Galaxies are vast systems of stars, planets, and other celestial bodies that contain our solar system. They provide the cosmic environment and gravitational forces necessary for the formation and stability of solar systems like ours. Without galaxies, solar systems like ours would not exist.

No. Venus is a planet. The Little Dipper is a constellation and they're comprised of stars.

No. The Large Magellanic Cloud and Small Magellanic Cloud are satellite galaxies, separate from the Milky Way. They were named in honor of Ferdinand Magellan, the leader of the first European expedition to circumnavigate the Earth. The LMC and SMC are only visible south of the equator.

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.

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Probably, but impossible to tell as we are only just seeing planets within our own galaxy.

That is a difficult question to fully answer as types of galaxies are not fully defined.

A ball park figure would be dwarf galaxies, or spiral galaxies depending on the area in question.

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• We know about supernovae because we saw them.
• Wormholes are hypothetical, and probably don't exist. It is doubtful whether they can even be created.
• For knowledge about other astronomical objects, ask questions about the specific objects - or look them up in the Wikipedia.

It takes about 225 million years for the solar system to travel once around the Galaxy. Th solar system is about 4.6 thousand million years old. So a rough estimate would be 20 times.

Black holes are one of the most magnificent things within the universe they carry so much gravity that not even light can't escape it, so dont go near one. A black hole forms by a death of a star with intense mass like a blue/red supergiant.

The Milky Way galaxy is much smaller than the largest known galaxy in the universe, IC 1101. IC 1101 is about 6 million light-years in diameter, whereas the Milky Way is approximately 100,000 light-years in diameter.

Galaxies are generally disk shapped, rather than spherical because of centrifugal force: Just like throwing a pizza crust in the air, it expands in the direction of its rotation. However, older galaxies (possibly the products of collisions of two or more galaxies) can result in blob-shapped galaxies that are more spherical.

The Draco Dwarf Galaxy is a faint and small galaxy located in the constellation Draco. It appears as a dim smudge in the night sky when viewed through a telescope. Its stars are spread out over a large area, giving it a diffuse and ill-defined appearance.

Since the Big Dipper (Ursa Major) is a north polar constellation, it appears to move very little, but it doesn't move, the Earth rotates on it's axis giving the appearance of motion. Actually, stars are so far away that, from Earth, you can't detect any motion.

Lots of people own little bits of the Milky Way galaxy. The Earth and everything on it is part of the Milky Way so if you own anything at all you too own a bit of the Milky Way.

People themselves are also part of the Milky Way so in a way bits of the Milky Way own parts of the Milky Way.

Galaxies are not spread uniformly throughout the universe. They are actually structured into clusters, groups, and superclusters, with vast voids of empty space in between. This distribution is influenced by gravity and the large-scale structure of the universe.