The Sun is located in the Milky Way galaxy in a spiral arm called the Orion Spur that extends outward from the Sagittarius arm.

2010年10月31日 · And the answer, published online today in the Astronomical Journal, is this: The rings are behaving like a miniature version of our own Milky Way galaxy. This new insight, garnered from images of Saturn's most massive ring, the B ring, may answer another long-standing question: What causes the bewildering variety of structures seen throughout ...

that the center of a galaxy’s mass was located where the greatest amount of luminous matter (bright matter—the matter we can see) was found. Our sun, carrying the planets with it, orbits the center of the Milky Way galaxy with a speed of 200 km sec-1.

2025年1月9日 · The vertical structures and the shadows they cast also revealed wavy patterns in the parts of the rings that resemble a miniature Milky Way, giving scientists insight into the way galaxies form.

There’s way more to Saturn than its rings. The planet also boasts a collection of exotic, and still mysterious, moons. 10 Things: Unsolved Mysteries of Saturn's Moons

Second, in the quantum world of sub-atomic particles such as protons and electrons, wave character was ascribed to particles. Acting as a wave rather than a particle confers a certain amount of mysterious uncertainty, since waves by their very nature are spread out and do not occupy a definite volume in the same way that particles do.

2019年6月27日 · Dragonfly will explore this region in short flights, building up to a series of longer “leapfrog” flights of up to 5 miles (8 kilometers), stopping along the way to take samples from compelling areas with diverse geography.

2018年4月10日 · Eventually she made astronomical discoveries of her own, especially comets, finding at least eight, along with nebulae. She also made an independent discovery of M110, a companion of the Andromeda galaxy, and became the first woman to be awarded a Gold Medal by the British Royal Astronomical Society.

2012年7月17日 · In composite images that show the band of the storm wrapping all the way around Saturn, scientists have seen multiple flashes. In one composite image, they recorded …

One way for elementary, middle, and high school teachers to exemplify the current reform in science education is to teach science via the Learning Cycle (e.g. Lawson, Abraham, & Renner, 1989).