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  2. Milky Way - Wikipedia

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    The Milky Way [c] is the galaxy that ... (d 1138) proposed that the Milky Way was made up of many stars but appeared to be a continuous image in the Earth's ...

  3. Milky Way (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    The Milky Way forms the abdomen of the dolphin and is called Akasaganga which means "The Ganges River of the Sky". [ 18 ] According to Hindu mythology, Vishnu lies meditating on Shesha with his consort Lakshmi , in the Kshira Sagara (Sea of Milk), which is a representation of Milky Way.

  4. Milky Way (chocolate bar) - Wikipedia

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    The Milky Way bar is made of nougat, topped with caramel and covered with milk chocolate.It was created in 1923 by Frank C. Mars and originally manufactured in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

  5. Timeline of knowledge about galaxies, clusters of galaxies ...

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    5th century BC – Democritus proposes that the bright band in the night sky known as the Milky Way might consist of stars. 4th century BC – Aristotle believes the Milky Way to be caused by "the ignition of the fiery exhalation of some stars which were large, numerous and close together" and that the "ignition takes place in the upper part of the atmosphere, in the region of the world which ...

  6. Galactic Center - Wikipedia

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    In 2020, for the first time, the lobes were seen in visible light [43] and optical measurements were made. [44] ... The Black Hole at the Center of the Milky Way ...

  7. Mars bar - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, it is marketed as the Milky Way bar. [3] It was first manufactured in Slough, England under the Mars bar name in 1932 by Forrest Mars Sr., son of American candy maker Frank C. Mars. [2] He modelled it after his father's Milky Way bar, which was already popular in the US, adjusting the recipe to better suit European tastes.

  8. Galactic year - Wikipedia

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    The galactic year, also known as a cosmic year, is the duration of time required for the Sun to orbit once around the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. [1] One galactic year is approximately 225 million Earth years. [2]

  9. Satellite galaxies of the Milky Way - Wikipedia

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    The Milky Way has several smaller galaxies gravitationally bound to it, as part of the Milky Way subgroup, which is part of the local galaxy cluster, the Local Group. [ 1 ] There are 61 small galaxies confirmed to be within 420 kiloparsecs (1.4 million light-years ) of the Milky Way, [ 2 ] but not all of them are necessarily in orbit, and some ...