Question

The Milky Way galaxy is also called____
A. Akash Ganga
B. Akash Jamuna
C. Akash Ratna
D. Akash Tara

Answer 1

Hint: Galaxies are an extremely large cluster of stars and planets that span billions of light years. Many galaxies are said to have supermassive black holes in their center that can be millions of times larger than the Sun.

Complete answer: We are a part of a galaxy called the Milky Way galaxy. All of the stars we see in the night sky are in our Milky Way. Our galaxy is so called because it looks like a band of milky white light in the sky when viewed in really dark places. Our best estimates tell us that the Milky Way contains about 100 billion stars. Our Solar System is nearly 25,000 light-years from the center of our galaxy. The Sun goes around the center of the Milky Way just how the Earth goes around the Sun. There is an estimate of billions of others galaxies in the Universe. Nearly three galaxies can be seen outside our own Milky Way Galaxy without a telescope, and they appear as foggy patches in the sky with the naked eye. Other galaxies are even farther away from us and can only be seen through telescopes. Milky is also called Akash Ganga in India, which literally translates to “The Ganges of the sky” in Sanskrit.

Therefore the correct answer is Option A: Akash Ganga.

Note: The Milky Way has around 200 billion stars, and has the capacity, gas, and dust to make more. Most stars in the Milky Way are older than the sun, which is 4.5 billion old. The most common type of celestial bodies found in the The Milky Way are red dwarfs, a cool star that has about a tenth the mass of the sun.