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
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The Small Magellanic Cloud has less elements heavier than helium than the Milky Way with conditions more similar to what existed in the earliest days of the universe.
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 23 Apr. 2025
Brittany Cartwright and Jax Taylor took a trip to the Milky Way for their son's birthday.
—Kayla Grant, People.com, 15 Apr. 2025
The million-credit question in this scenario is what threat could endanger the Milky Way with the mighty Reapers as its guardians, but as a wise man once said, there's always a bigger fish.
—Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 25 Mar. 2025
Galaxies that rotate in the opposite direction relative to the Milky Way are slightly brighter than galaxies that rotate in the same direction relative to the Milky Way.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 23 Apr. 2025
Brittany Cartwright and Jax Taylor took a trip to the Milky Way for their son's birthday.
—Kayla Grant, People.com, 15 Apr. 2025
The million-credit question in this scenario is what threat could endanger the Milky Way with the mighty Reapers as its guardians, but as a wise man once said, there's always a bigger fish.
—Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 25 Mar. 2025
Galaxies that rotate in the opposite direction relative to the Milky Way are slightly brighter than galaxies that rotate in the same direction relative to the Milky Way.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
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“The Milky Way.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Milky%20Way. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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