the Milky Way

noun

: 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

: the galaxy in which we live that contains the stars that make up the Milky Way

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This is not the case with feeding supermassive black holes closer to the Milky Way which are bright in X-rays. —

Robert Lea, Space.com, 15 Jan. 2025 This quiet corner of the state sees little light pollution and mostly cloudless nights, making spotting the Milky Way from any part of the park easy. —

Nile Cappello, AFAR Media, 27 Dec. 2024 The area around the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way — called Sagittarius A* — appears to be devoid of planets and some kinds of stars. —

Jamie Carter, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024 That’s just our cosmic neighborhood, Andromeda being in the same Local Group as the Milky Way (the farthest object visible to the naked eye). —

Jamie Carter, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for the Milky Way

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