Milky Way
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Tweet n. 1. The galaxy containing the sun, solar system, and all of the individually visible stars in the night sky, along with various nebulae, star clusters, and dust clouds, thought to have a super-massive black hole at its center of mass. 2. The broad meandering band of faint light that consists of stars from this galaxy and is often visible in the night sky. [Middle English, translation of Latin via lactea : via, way + lactea, feminine of lacteus, milky.] |
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