Milky Way
noun
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: a broad luminous irregular band of light that stretches completely around the celestial sphere and is caused by the light of myriads of faint stars
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For space enthusiasts:James Webb Space Telescope reveals Milky Way stars being born
Where is the Atlas comet 2024?
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Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 31 Oct. 2024
And, under that definition, Classic Milky Way bars (which contain flour) are tax-exempt, while Milky Way Midnight bars (which do not contain flour) would be taxed.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
Early galaxies tend to join together and develop smoother shapes incredibly slowly, with our Milky Way taking billions of years to develop tidy structures, the researchers said.
—Jack Guy, CNN, 16 Oct. 2024
The radio telescope array in Australia being used is capable of looking for signs of life in star systems both in our Milky Way galaxy and in 2,800 galaxies beyond.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2024
Sky Village at Canyon of the Ancients Guest Ranch
Cortez, Colorado
Hidden among the mesas and grassy valleys of the arid Colorado Plateau lies one of my favorite Milky Way–watching lookouts on the continent: Canyon of the Ancients Guest Ranch.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 1 Aug. 2024
Galactic Center Our own Milky Way is a dazzling spectacle to behold from a dark-sky site on Earth.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 July 2024
Imagine squeezing a Milky Way’s worth of stars into a volume with a radius 100 times smaller than our familiar home spiral galaxy.
—Fabio Pacucci, Scientific American, 27 June 2024
Astronomer Roberta Paladini of the California Institute of Technology says studying Milky Way dust can illuminate the elaborate interplay between gravity and magnetism, helping scientists investigate when and why dust clouds collapse to form stars.
—Riis Williams, Scientific American, 25 June 2024
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Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 31 Oct. 2024
And, under that definition, Classic Milky Way bars (which contain flour) are tax-exempt, while Milky Way Midnight bars (which do not contain flour) would be taxed.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
Early galaxies tend to join together and develop smoother shapes incredibly slowly, with our Milky Way taking billions of years to develop tidy structures, the researchers said.
—Jack Guy, CNN, 16 Oct. 2024
The radio telescope array in Australia being used is capable of looking for signs of life in star systems both in our Milky Way galaxy and in 2,800 galaxies beyond.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2024
Sky Village at Canyon of the Ancients Guest Ranch
Cortez, Colorado
Hidden among the mesas and grassy valleys of the arid Colorado Plateau lies one of my favorite Milky Way–watching lookouts on the continent: Canyon of the Ancients Guest Ranch.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 1 Aug. 2024
Galactic Center Our own Milky Way is a dazzling spectacle to behold from a dark-sky site on Earth.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 July 2024
Imagine squeezing a Milky Way’s worth of stars into a volume with a radius 100 times smaller than our familiar home spiral galaxy.
—Fabio Pacucci, Scientific American, 27 June 2024
Astronomer Roberta Paladini of the California Institute of Technology says studying Milky Way dust can illuminate the elaborate interplay between gravity and magnetism, helping scientists investigate when and why dust clouds collapse to form stars.
—Riis Williams, Scientific American, 25 June 2024
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“Milky Way.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Milky%20Way. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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