Galaxies usually come in one of three shapes. What shape is our galaxy?

The Milky Way is a barred spiral galaxy with an estimated diameter of 100,000-200,00 light-years. Recent calculations imply that a region containing dark matter and bright stars may have a diameter of over 2 million light-years. The Milky Way has a number of satellite galaxies and is a member of the Local Group of galaxies, which is part of the Virgo Supercluster.

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