The MIlky Way is about 13.6 billion years old, almost as old as the universe. – Photo: EDDIE CHUA
- The Milky Way is a barred spiral galaxy with a central bar-shaped structure and spiral arms extending outwards.
- The Milky Way is estimated to have between 100 billion and 400 billion stars.
- The Milky Way is about 13.6 billion years old, almost as old as the universe.
- The Milky Way rotates at about 270 kilometres per second.
- The centre of the Milky Way is home to a supermassive black hole that is about four million times more massive than the sun.
- The Milky Way’s disc is about 100,000 light years in diameter and 1,000 light years thick.
