The Immensity of Space:

A look at the vastness of the cosmos and how it affects our perception of scale.

The Milky Way is just one of billions of galaxies in the Universe.

The Milky Way is one of billions of galaxies in the universe. It is a spiral galaxy that is about 100,000 light years in diameter and contains about 200 billion stars, making it one of the largest galaxies in the universe. Our sun is located about 27,000 light years from the center of the galaxy, in one of its spiral arms. The Milky Way is thought to have formed about 13.6 billion years ago, and it is still actively forming new stars, especially in its spiral arms. The Milky Way is just one of the billions of galaxies in the universe. While it is one of the largest galaxies in the universe, it is still just a small part of the vastness of the cosmos.

The Andromeda Galaxy is the closest galaxy to our own.