{"id":961,"date":"2004-11-15T14:04:00","date_gmt":"2004-11-15T13:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/the_milky_way\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T00:34:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T22:34:15","slug":"the_milky_way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/da\/the_milky_way\/","title":{"rendered":"M\u00e6lkevejen"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lede\">\n<p>Vi lever i en af armene i en stor spiralgalakse, der kaldes M\u00e6lkevejen. Solen og dens planeter (herunder Jorden) befinder sig i denne rolige del af galaksen, omtrent halvvejs fra centrum.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>M\u00e6lkevejen har form som en k\u00e6mpe hvirvelstr\u00f8m, der roterer \u00e9n gang hvert 200 millioner \u00e5r. Den best\u00e5r af mindst 100 milliarder stjerner samt st\u00f8v og gas. Den er s\u00e5 stor, at lyset tager<br \/>Det tager 100 000 \u00e5r at krydse fra den ene side til den anden.<\/p>\n<p>Galaksens centrum er meget sv\u00e6rt at se, fordi skyer af gas og st\u00f8v sp\u00e6rrer for vores udsyn. Forskerne mener, at der i centrum findes et supermassivt sort hul, der sluger alt, hvad der kommer for t\u00e6t p\u00e5.<\/p>\n<p>Uden for hovedspiralen findes der omkring 200 kugleformede stjernehobe. Hver af disse \u2018kugleformede stjernehobe\u2019 er meget gammel og indeholder op til en million stjerner. M\u00e6lkevejen tilh\u00f8rer en gruppe p\u00e5 mindst 40 galakser. Den s\u00e5kaldte Lokale Gruppe best\u00e5r af to store spiralgalakser \u2013 M\u00e6lkevejen og Andromeda.<\/p>\n<p>De \u00f8vrige er langt mindre. Blandt dem er der to galakser, som kan ses med det blotte \u00f8je fra lande syd for \u00e6kvator. Galakserne kaldes Magellanske Skyer, opkaldt efter den portugisiske opdagelsesrejsende Ferdinand Magellan.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We live in one of the arms of a large spiral galaxy called the Milky Way. 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