• Question: what is the milky way made out of?

    Asked by super kitten to Betty, Isaac, Kieran, Silvia, Will on 7 Nov 2016. This question was also asked by LEMON SAMI!, Achsu.
    • Photo: Betty Bonnardel-Azzarelli

      Betty Bonnardel-Azzarelli answered on 7 Nov 2016:

      The milky way is the galaxy we live in. You can say it is made of the Earth, the solar system, and everything in our galaxy!

    • Photo: Silvia Pardo

      Silvia Pardo answered on 8 Nov 2016:

      Most of the Milky Way is actually made of dark matter, and we think there is a massive black hole in the middle on the galaxy. Both are kind of invisible and very difficult to detect, but we know they exist because they make the galaxy (including our solar system) spin around.

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