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How old is our Milky Way galaxy?
How old is our Milky Way galaxy?
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around 13.6 billion years old
The Milky Way is a barred spiral galaxy around 13.6 billion years old with large pivoting arms stretching out across the cosmos. Our home galaxy’s disk is about 100,000 light-years in diameter and just 1000 light-years thick, according to Las Cumbres Observatory.