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The Milky Way Galaxy
What is a galaxy?
What is the Milky Way?
What parts is the Milky Way made of?
Which astronomical objects are not found in our galaxy?
What kind of galaxy is the Milky Way?
How does the content of the halo and the disk differ?
How do we know the size and shape of the disk of our galaxy?
How do we know the size of the halo of our galaxy?
How wide is the disk of the Milky Way?
What part of our galaxy are we located in it?
How far from the center of our galaxy are we?
How long does it take for the Sun to orbit the galaxy once?
What are the spiral arms in our galaxy due to?
What does the halo of our galaxy contain?
What does the disk of the Milky Way contain?
Why can't we study the central regions of our galaxy with optical telescopes?
What is at the center of the Milky Way?
Why are we interested in how fast different stars move around the center?
How are the stars in the Milky Way moving?
What are cosmic rays?
What happens when a cosmic ray goes through your body?
page by luca bombelli <bombelli at olemiss.edu>, modified 29 sep 2012
