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The Galaxy Speaks about its
Great Creator
‘The Creator is truly great! He made such a vast universe, of
which our galaxy is only a tiny part!’
ccording to a new study, the Milky Way is at least
A50% bigger than previously estimated. Research
conducted by an international team at the Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute in the US has established the
presence of a bulging ring of stars beyond the known
plane of the Milky Way. Their findings show that the
features previously identified as rings are actually part
of the galactic disk, extending across the known width
of the Milky Way from 100,000 light years to 150,000
light years. (The Times of India, March 13, 2015)
Our galaxy, the Milky Way, is a unique astronomical
phenomenon of which our solar system is only a tiny
part. If a person could be far away in space and have
a telescope with which he could view the entire Milky
Way, he would be able to see a mind-boggling spectacle.
He would see that, in the vastness of space, there is a
magnificent starry galaxy. On one spiral arm of this
galaxy, our solar system is situated. The planet earth is
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