{"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\/es\/the_milky_way\/","title":{"rendered":"La V\u00eda L\u00e1ctea"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lede\">\n<p>Vivimos en uno de los brazos de una gran galaxia en forma de espiral llamada V\u00eda L\u00e1ctea. El Sol y sus planetas (incluida la Tierra) se encuentran en esta tranquila parte de la galaxia, a medio camino de su centro.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>La V\u00eda L\u00e1ctea tiene la forma de un enorme remolino que da una vuelta cada 200 millones de a\u00f1os. Est\u00e1 formada por al menos 100 000 millones de estrellas, adem\u00e1s de polvo y gas. Es tan grande que la luz tarda<br \/>100 000 a\u00f1os para cruzar de un lado al otro.<\/p>\n<p>Es muy dif\u00edcil ver el centro de la Galaxia, debido a las nubes de gas y polvo que lo bloquean de nuestra vista. Los cient\u00edficos piensan que contiene un agujero negro de enormes proporciones que devora todo lo que pase demasiado cerca.<\/p>\n<p>Fuera de la espiral principal hay unos 200 c\u00famulos estelares con forma de bola. Cada \u2018c\u00famulo globular\u2019 es muy antiguo y contiene hasta un mill\u00f3n de estrellas. La V\u00eda L\u00e1ctea forma parte de un c\u00famulo de al menos 40 galaxias. El denominado \u00abGrupo Local\u00bb cuenta con dos grandes galaxias espirales: la V\u00eda L\u00e1ctea y Andr\u00f3meda.<\/p>\n<p>La V\u00eda L\u00e1ctea, a su vez, pertenece a un grupo o c\u00famulo de al menos 40 galaxias, . El as\u00ed llamado Grupo Local contiene dos grandes galaxias espirales, la V\u00eda L\u00e1ctea y Andr\u00f3meda. Las otras son mucho m\u00e1s peque\u00f1as. Entre ellas hay dos galaxias que se pueden observar a simple vista desde los pa\u00edses al sur del ecuador. Se llaman las Nubes de Magallanes, en honor al explorador portugu\u00e9s Fernando de Magallanes.<\/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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