I'm a Scientist
I'm a Scientist
Ask Live Chat Vote
Log in

Login

Log in using the username and password we sent you

Return visit? Just log in


Lost your password?

Niobium Zone
Meet the scientists!
Photo: Mike
Mike
Photo: Emma
Emma
Photo: Cees
Cees
Photo: Blanka
Blanka
Photo: Anil
Anil
Skip to content
  • Zone Home
  • Scientists
    • Mike
    • Emma
    • Cees
    • Blanka
    • Anil
  • 0

    Question: Why is there a universe named the Milkey Way?

    • Keywords:
      • galaxy,
      • milky way,
      • universe
    Asked by persionsupreme to Mike on 6 Jul 2012.
    • Photo: Michael Cook
      0

      Michael Cook answered on 6 Jul 2012:


      I’m not sure! However, the Milky Way contains so many stars so close together that if you look at it from a distance, bits of it can seem milky-white. It’s just a big mix of bright lights all blending into one another.

Comments

Related Questions

  • why does the universe have no oxygen????

  • how long was the universe alive for?


Recent Comments

  • why does everything work???? (1 comment)

  • How many layers are there in Earth? (1 comment)

  • are we all a different kind of blind?O.o (1 comment)

  • What is a biohazard and what dose it do (1 comment)

  • What is microbiology? (1 comment)


Recent Questions

  • Whats Inside Rubbers To Make Pencil Writings Disapear After Rubbing It On the Writing?

  • who was the very first person to notice a dinasaur fossils?

  • Was there really mamoths in the stone aged times?

  • how cold is the north pole

  • Why is there a universe named the Milkey Way?

  • How can you tell if a stone is a meteorite or just a plain stone?

  • can ivory on elephants grow back once sawed of by vets but not killing them like poachers (1 Comment)

  • How many layers are there in Earth? (1 Comment)

  • What is a biohazard and what dose it do (1 Comment)

  • What is microbiology? (1 Comment)

View all answered questions


I'm a Scientist logo
  • FAQ
  • House Rules
  • Accessibility
  • Privacy
  • Partners
  • Contact

Produced by Mangorolla CIC 2022

Short link to this page https://ias.im/89.2014

Funded by Wellcome Trust