The Milky Way, Our Home

How do scientists know that our galaxy is a pinwheel of stars? The Milky Way is so big that it takes light more than 100,000 years to travel from one side of the pinwheel to the other.

 
Publisher

Highlights

Title

The Milky Way, Our Home

Author Name

Tony Helies

Category

Science & Nature

Subject

Milky Way, Science Outer Space, astronomy, milky way

Series Name

HL

Series Level

Word Count

1,035

CEFR level

C1

Language

English

ISBN number

9781682380932

Description

How do scientists know that our galaxy is a pinwheel of stars? The Milky Way is so big that it takes light more than 100,000 years to travel from one side of the pinwheel to the other.

Word lists coverage

The word and grammar lists are compiled from commercially available resources and English study websites. They are not intended to be authority. Use at your own discretion.
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Eiken Grade Pre21,3272.03%
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Grammar lists coverage

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