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

After all, large galaxies, including the Milky Way, are surrounded by huge cocoons of gas and dust called the circumgalactic medium, and that material serves as the raw building blocks for stars. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 2 Oct. 2026

So the mass of the black hole in the Milky Way is 4 million times the mass of the sun. — David Brooks, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2026

As part of its Galactic Bulge Time-Domain Survey, Roman will repeatedly observe six fields of view toward the crowded center of the Milky Way. — Thomas Fauchez, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2026

The harvest moon and planets will appear in Idaho’s night sky during the month, along with the Milky Way galaxy. — Alexiah Syrai Olsen, Idaho Statesman, 3 Sep. 2026

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