The story for kids
Wow, we flew far, far away! This is our galaxy, the Milky Way. It has billions of stars, and our Sun is one of them. Do you see the yellow dot? That's where we live!
Facts
- A galaxy is a huge “city” of stars. Our Sun is one of its billions of stars.
- The Milky Way spins. The Sun goes around once in about 230 million years.
- A giant black hole is hidden at its centre: Sagittarius A*.
- On a clear night, far from the city, you can see it in the sky as a glowing band.
Numbers
- Type
- Barred spiral
- Diameter
- ~100,000 light-years
- Stars
- 100–400 billion
- Age
- ~13 billion years