the Milky Way

noun

1

: a broad band of light that can be seen in the night sky and that is caused by the light of a very large number of faint stars

2

: the galaxy in which we live that contains the stars that make up the Milky Way

Examples of the Milky Way in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Located around 29,000 light-years from Earth, NGC 6723 is thought to contain some of the oldest stars in the Milky Way. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 17 July 2026

Signs of atmospheres have been detected on other rocky exoplanets, but those discoveries have been relatively rare and not completely definitive, given there are likely millions, if not billions, of such planets in the Milky Way. — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 16 July 2026

Astronomers have detected a natural sugar found in raspberries in clouds of interstellar dust and gas near the center of the Milky Way galaxy. — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 14 July 2026

The bright, cloudy part of the Milky Way is nearby, close to another group of stars, Sagittarius. — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 9 July 2026

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