What does it mean when astronomers describe the Milky Way as being 100,000 light years wide?
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From observations, astronomers know that the Milky Way is a barred spiral galaxy that is about 100,000 light-years across. ... That is because the center of the galaxy has a galactic bulge filled with stars, gas and dust — as well as a supermassive black hole.
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