{"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\/de\/the_milky_way\/","title":{"rendered":"Die Milchstra\u00dfe"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lede\">\n<p>Wir leben in einem der Arme einer gro\u00dfen Spiralgalaxie, der so genannten Milchstra\u00dfe. In dieser ruhigen Gegend des Sternsystems, auf ungef\u00e4hr halbem Weg zum Zentrum, befinden sich die Sonne und ihre Planeten (einschlie\u00dflich unserer Erde).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Die Milchstra\u00dfe hat die Form eines riesigen Strudels, der sich alle 200 Millionen Jahre einmal um sich selbst dreht. Sie besteht aus mindestens 100 Milliarden Sternen sowie aus Staub und Gas. Sie ist so gro\u00df, dass das Licht<br \/>100.000 Jahre, um von der einen Seite zur anderen zu gelangen.<\/p>\n<p>Das Zentrum der Galaxie l\u00e4sst sich nur \u00e4u\u00dferst schwer erkennen, da Gas- und Staubwolken uns den Blick darauf verstellen. Die Wissenschaftler glauben, dass sich dort ein supermassives schwarzes Loch befindet, das alles verschluckt, was ihm zu nahe kommt.<\/p>\n<p>Au\u00dferhalb der Hauptspirale befinden sich etwa 200 kugelf\u00f6rmige Sternhaufen. Jeder dieser \u2018Kugelsternhaufen\u2019 ist sehr alt und umfasst bis zu einer Million Sterne. Die Milchstra\u00dfe geh\u00f6rt zu einem Haufen von mindestens 40 Galaxien. Die sogenannte Lokale Gruppe umfasst zwei gro\u00dfe Spiralgalaxien \u2013 die Milchstra\u00dfe und Andromeda.<\/p>\n<p>Die anderen sind viel kleiner. Dazu geh\u00f6ren zwei Galaxien, die wir in L\u00e4ndern s\u00fcdlich des \u00c4quators mit blo\u00dfem Auge erkennen k\u00f6nnen. Sie wurden nach dem portugiesischen Forscher Ferdinand Magellan als die Magellanschen Wolken benannt.<\/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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