Galaxies

Scientists study the light of stars to see how far away different galaxies and objects in space are....

A galaxy is a huge collection of gas, dust, and billions of stars and their solar systems

Solar System Versus Galaxy

There are three main types of galaxies: 

Spiral Galaxies, Elliptical Galaxies 

Irregular Galaxies

SPIRAL GALAXIES

 A galaxy that has the shape of a spiral.

ELLIPTICAL GALAXIES

Shaped like a flattened ball

IRREGULAR GALAXIES

Does not have a regular shape

OUR GALAXY

We live in the MILKY WAY GALAXY

The Milky Way Galaxy is a SPIRAL GALAXY