Question

What is the Milky Way?

A. Constellation

B. Planetary system

C. Galaxy

D. Shining star

1. B
2. D
3. A
4. C

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : C

The Correct Answer is Galaxy.

• Milkway is Galaxy

• The universe comprises billions of galaxies.
• The galaxies are made up of millions of stars held together by the force of gravity and these stars account for most of the masses of the galaxy.
• Our own galaxy is called the Milky Way (or the Akashganga) and it contains about 300  billion stars and one of these is our sun.
• Planets and other objects go round the sun and make up the solar system with the sun at the center.
   

• Milky Way Galaxy formed 5 billion years after the Big Bang.
• The latest known galaxy is the Dwarf Galaxy.
• The origin of the universe is explained by the  Big Bang Theory, formulated and proposed by the astronomer and cosmologist Georges Lemaitre.
• Andromeda is our nearest galaxy.