Milky Way
At a glance
- Type
- Galaxy
- Distance
- Milky Way
- Naked eye
- Seen without a telescope
- Known since
- Before telescopes (before 1600)
- Colour
- White, Multicoloured
- Feature
- Spiral arms
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Easy
Did you know?
- Light needs about 100,000 years to cross the Milky Way from one edge to the other.
- The Sun takes about 230 million years to travel once around the centre of the Milky Way.
Could you guess it from clues?
WildGuessr picks a secret animal, plant, fungus, stone, prehistoric creature or space object and you ask yes-or-no questions about it, such as its group or where it grows. The fewer clues you need, the more points you score.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q321 · All space objects · All entries