What is the Milky Way?

By Matthew Williams November 4, 2013
What is the Milky Way?

Discovery and Naming:

Structure and Composition:

Location of our Sun:

Future of the Milky Way:

  • What Does the Milky Way Look Like?

  • Age of the Milky Way

  • Center of the Milky Way

  • Closest Galaxy to the Milky Way

  • Diameter of the Milky Way

  • Facts about the Milky Way

  • How Many Stars are in the Milky Way?

  • Map of the Milky Way

  • Mass of the Milky Way

  • The Milky Way and Andromeda

  • Milky Way Collision

  • The Milky Way's Black Hole

  • The Milky Way from Earth

  • The Milky Way's Rotation

  • Size of the Milky Way

  • The Milky Way Spiral

  • How Many Planets are in the Milky Way?

  • The Formation of the Milky Way

  • Galactic Alignment

  • Milky Way Galaxy Pictures

  • The Milky Way's Bulge Formed Early

  • Where is Earth in the Milky Way?

  • Who Discovered the Milky Way?

  • How Big is the Milky Way?

  • Why is Our Galaxy Called the Milky Way?

    • Matthew Williams

    Matthew Williams

    Matt Williams is a space journalist, science communicator, and author with several published titles and studies. His work is featured in The Ross 248 Project and Interstellar Travel edited by NASA alumni Les Johnson and Ken Roy. He also hosts the podcast series Stories from Space at ITSP Magazine. He lives in beautiful British Columbia with his wife and family. For more information, check out his website.