• Question: how big is the galaxy

    Asked by anon-361299 to Vicky on 23 Mar 2023.
    • Photo: Vicky Fawcett

      Vicky Fawcett answered on 23 Mar 2023:

      It’s about 100,000 light years across, which means it takes light 100,000 years to get from one side of the galaxy to the other!!
      It also contains BILLIONS of stars, the majority of them just like our sun which also have planets like the solar system.

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