Milky Way

🧬 AI profile — grown from 6ic coverage The Milky Way is the galaxy that contains our solar system, consisting of hundreds of billions of stars, stellar remnants, interstellar gas, dust, and dark matter, held together by gravity. Recent research has focused on the Milky Way's central bulge, a densely packed region of older stars. This area is particularly interesting due to its unique properties and potential clues to the galaxy's formation and evolution.