A galaxy is a huge spinning mass of stars in outer space. There are millions of galaxies, each containing billions of stars as well as gas and dust. Our galaxy is called the Milky Way. It contains about 200,000 million stars. :)
yes . It is complicated. Think of our galaxy as one dimple in the middle of a golf ball. It is surrounded by all the other dimples. Now, turn the ball over and select a new dimple. It WAS farthest...
our galaxy the milky way is one of several shapes in the entire universe.All galixys contain clouds of dust that are formed by the galaxy and they also have different shapes.our milky way is a spiral...
well actually all galaxies are active, and yes they do combine after a dance across the sky, and the center of the galaxies combine, I wouldn't call it eating though because all they do is combine...
The Whirlpool Galaxy (aka M51) has a companion galaxy called NGC 5195, which has been passing behind (from our view) M51 for hundreds of millions of years.
In many cases, we have seen two galaxies merging; in one photo, FOUR galaxies appeared to be in the process of coming together. In fact, recent evidence appears to indicate that our own Milky Way may...