Hey Geeks, how are you? Well, I hope so! Ruan Henrik here and today I came to bring 5 fantastic facts about our dear Milky Way, the Milky Way is the galaxy we inhabit. Speaking of galaxy, I don't know if you know, but the universe is made up of more than 100 billion galaxies. And what is most surprising about this is that in each galaxy there are more than 100 billion stars, in short, the Universe is practically infinite.
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100 thousand years of Size
Maybe this subtitle doesn't make much sense to you, but calm down, I'll give you more details. For you to be able to cross the entire milky way, it would take a journey of approximately 100,000 years, but it is not an ordinary 100,000 years. It would be 100 thousand years traveling at the speed of light, remembering that this speed is equivalent to 7 times around the planet Earth in one second.
Number of Stars and Planets
Remember I said that the universe is made up of 100 billion galaxies and in each galaxy there are 100 billion stars? This is just an estimate pulling the overall average, in our dear Milky Way the number is a little higher. One of the fantastic facts about the milky way is that there are about 300 billion stars here and 100 billion planets.
7 New Stars A Year
In terrestrial terms, it is estimated that every year 7 new stars appear in our galaxy, is that too much? You can bet that yes, anyway, if we stop to think about it, can you imagine how many other solar systems appear every year just like ours? It is unknown, are we really alone in this vast universe? I hope one day we can get this answer.
Planets That Could Host Life in the Milky Way
Remember what I said earlier that it is estimated that there are about 100 billion planets in our Milky Way? So, of these planets, according to astronomers, about 60 billion can harbor life, could it be that out of these 60 billion, at least 100 have life inhabiting it?
The Sun will die one day, not now, in a few billion years, but humanity is already thinking about an alternative B.
Are you enjoying these amazing facts about our dear milky way? So calm down there because there's still one more left.
She Lives Expanding
Every time it passes it has been growing more and more and gaining space in space lol. It is not just the Milky Way that is expanding, but the entire universe.
