[DOC] [TLE] Which spiral arm of the Milky Way contains our sun? | Space ... [PAR] May 20, 2014 ... Many know our Milky Way is a spiral galaxy. But where within this ... But where 
within this vast spiral structure do our sun and its planets reside? ... It turns out we
're not located in one of the Milky Way's two primary spiral arms. [DOC] [TLE] Where is Earth in the Milky Way? - Universe Today [PAR] Jul 13, 2016 ... Much the same is true about our Solar System's position within the ... Since one 
light year is about 9.5 x 1012 km (9.5 trillion km) long, the ... For the longest time, 
the Milky Way was thought to have 4 spiral arms, but newer surveys ... 
hemispheres indicates that the Solar System lies near the galactic plane. [DOC] [TLE] Milky Way Galaxy - Wikipedia [PAR] The Milky Way is the galaxy that contains our Solar System. Its name "milky" is 
derived from its ... The Milky Way is a barred spiral galaxy that has a diameter 
usually ... The center of the Galaxy lies in the direction of the constellation 
Sagittarius; it is .... The gas, dust and stars are organized in roughly logarithmic 
spiral arm... [DOC] [TLE] A New, Distant Arm of the Milky Way Discovered ... - The Daily Galaxy [PAR] Jun 14, 2011 ... What are the odds that this new arm might host an Earth-like planet capable of ... 
Our Milky Way galaxy, like other spiral galaxies, has a disk with ... The Sun, Earth, 
and solar system are located in a spur of material that lies between two ... that the 
new spiral is the far end of the Scutum-Centaurus Arm, one of... [DOC] [TLE] Milky Way Galaxy: Facts About Our Galactic Home - Space.com [PAR] Feb 22, 2013 ... The Milky Way is a barred spiral galaxy, about a hundred light-years across. ... 
line of light is the center of our galaxy, as seen from one of its outer arms. .... The 
solar system lies about 30,000 light-years from the galactic center... [DOC] [TLE] Milky Way's Spiral Disk - SolStation.com [PAR] Like other spiral galaxies, the Milky Way Galaxy, has a bright disk of stars with ... 
Within the spiral disk, the Solar system can be found less than half way out (
26,000 ... to 3,000 ly thick "Orion Spur" of one of the Milky Way's two major spiral 
arms. ... From our perspective, the galactic rim is in the direction of Auriga and 
Taurus. [DOC] [TLE] What does our Galaxy look like? [PAR] We live in the Milky Way Galaxy, which is a collection of stars, gas, dust, and a ... 
Since our solar system lies in one of the spiral arms, we live in the flat plane of... [DOC] [TLE] Milky Way and Our Location | NASA [PAR] Feb 1, 2012 ... The Milky Way Galaxy is organized into spiral arms of giant stars that ... This one 
lasted two and one half hours, which is the longest ever recorded. ... The sun's 
magnetic field permeates the entire solar system called the... [DOC] [TLE] Views of the Solar System [PAR] Our solar system consists of a star we call the Sun, the planets Mercury, ... It is a 
spiral galaxy like the Milky Way but is 4 times as massive and is 2 million light 
years away. Our galaxy, one of billions of galaxies known, is traveling through .... 
This arm is shorter than the two major arms and lies along the bar of the galaxy. 
Our... [DOC] [TLE] Earth's wild ride: Our voyage through the Milky Way | New Scientist [PAR] Nov 30, 2011 ... Our planet has faced many dangers on its epic journey around the galaxy. The 
evidence of our turbulent history might lie buried on the moon. ... The 
characteristic spiral arms of a galaxy such as the Milky Way are waves of higher 
.... bubble, with only one hydrogen atom per five cubic centimetres of space. [DOC] [TLE] How Big Is The Milky Way? Arm Containing Our Solar System Is ... [PAR] Oct

Question: Our solar system lies on one of the spiral arms of this galaxy
Answer: Milky Way