The milky way is the galaxy that contains our solar system.
30+ Milky Way Galactic Storm Granite. The name the milky way comes from earth; We know that it's mostly a flat disc with a bulging center, and if you but recently it was discovered that the galactic disc also seems to be rippled vertically, creating a texture like corrugated iron.
Heavily cropped to remove terrain and light pollution from hilo. We have a pretty good understanding of how gravity affects galactic structures, but we're just starting to learn the role magnetic fields play. 600 x 600 jpeg 60 кб.
The milky way, our galactic home, is warped.
The milky way was just coming up. See more ideas about milky way, milky way galaxy, astronomy. It is approximately 100,000 light years in diameter and is estimated to contain 100—400 billion stars. But it wasn't always so obvious.