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

The idea was that there are likely many examples of the types of galaxies that merged with the Milky Way, albeit long ago, out there in intergalactic space. —Big Think, 3 Mar. 2026

Previous sonifications have drawn on observations of the Milky Way, distant galaxies, stars, supernovae, nebulae and black holes. —Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 2 Mar. 2026

That means other night-sky sights, such as the Milky Way core, will join the eclipse. —Stephanie Vermillion, Outside, 1 Mar. 2026

Studying this region of the Milky Way can offer clues as to how galaxies like our own formed, said Steve Longmore, an astrophysicist at Liverpool John Moores University in England, in the same statement. —Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 26 Feb. 2026

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