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The Milky Way is estimated to contain 100–400 billion stars. The
Solar System is located within the disk, about 26,000 light-years from
the Galactic Centre, on the inner edge of one of the spiral-shaped
concentrations of gas and dust called the Orion Arm. The Sun is
25,000–28,000 light-years from the Galactic Centre. The Galactic Centre
is marked by a concentration of mass best explained as a supermassive
black hole with an estimated mass of 4.1–4.5
million times the mass of the Sun.

There are billions of other galaxies in the The Creator is truly
universe. The Milky Way has several satellite great! He made such
galaxies and together with the neighbouring a vast universe, of
Andromeda galaxy are part of the Local Group which our galaxy is
of galaxies, which is a component of the Virgo only a tiny part!
Super cluster, which is itself a component of
the Laniakea Super cluster of galaxies.
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
part of this solar system which, along with other planets, is continually
revolving around the sun.
The viewer would simply have to exclaim in wonderment:
The Creator is truly great! He made such a vast universe,
of which our galaxy is only a tiny part!

Differences Of Opinion

Differences of opinion are immensely beneficial.
They help bring to the fore new dimensions of
issues under discussion and uncover hitherto
hidden aspects of a subject.

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