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MILKY WAY GALAXY By: Lauren Reich 3/30/12 www.NASA.gov Brightest Object in Sky • Did you know that the Brightest object in the Gamma-ray sky is the plane of our Milky way Galaxy? www.NASA.gov DAVID THOMPSON SPEAKS • “Its not easy to understand it when your in the middle of it” says David Thompson of NASA Goddard. www.NASA.gov MAP OF THE SKY! www.NASA.gov PARTICLES • The Milky way Galaxy is filled with different types of particles and energy sources such as protons, electrons, electromagnetic radiation, magnetic fields, and so fourth. www.NASA.gov THE NAME • The name of the Milky way Galaxy derives (comes from Native Americans) from it’s appearance as a dim “milky” glowing band arching across the night sky, in which the unaided eye cannot distinguish individual stars. www.NASA.gov DID YOU KNOW? Did you know that the Milky way is a group of stars held together by gravitational force? Did you know that the Earth and the solar system is part of the milky way galaxy? Astronamy-for-kids-online.com THE WEBSITES I USED • • • • wikipedia.org NASA. Gov Astronamy-for-kids-online.com Planet Facts.org/milky way galaxy facts FUN FACTS • The milky way contains a bulge, a disk, and a halo. • The bulge in the middle of the milky way galaxy contains old stars. • The disk in the in the milky way is said to be made of young stars dust and gas. • Some dwarf galaxies orbit the milky way. • The middle of the milky way can be located in the direction of Sagittarius. Planet Facts.org