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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Fermi and the Einstein Probe could not pinpoint the source of GRB 250702B, with the explosion appearing to have come from the plane of our own galaxy, the Milky Way.
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Just as the planets orbit the Sun, so too might the Sun be orbiting a central object in the middle of the Milky Way.
—Big Think, 9 Sep. 2025
Attractions include kitschy traditions such as a butter-sculpting demonstration, in which a master carver crafts a bust of the winner of the annual Princess Kay of the Milky Way pageant, and the Miracle of Birth Center, displaying pens of expectant farm animals.
—Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
The probes completed that portion of their respective journeys by 1989, after which NASA retooled their mission as an interstellar expedition – meaning one journeying beyond our solar system further into the Milky Way.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Just as the planets orbit the Sun, so too might the Sun be orbiting a central object in the middle of the Milky Way.
—Big Think, 9 Sep. 2025
Attractions include kitschy traditions such as a butter-sculpting demonstration, in which a master carver crafts a bust of the winner of the annual Princess Kay of the Milky Way pageant, and the Miracle of Birth Center, displaying pens of expectant farm animals.
—Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
The probes completed that portion of their respective journeys by 1989, after which NASA retooled their mission as an interstellar expedition – meaning one journeying beyond our solar system further into the Milky Way.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
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“The Milky Way.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Milky%20Way. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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