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[literaryvein-reblogs]

Writing Notes: Galaxies

Galaxies come in many shapes and sizes.

Some are spirals like our own galaxy, but others are fuzzy balls or shapeless clouds. The smallest have just a few million stars. The largest contain trillions.

Although they look packed with stars, galaxies are mostly empty space.

If you made a scale model of the Milky Way with a grain of sand for each star, the nearest star to the Sun would be 4 miles (6 km) away.

The furthest would be 80,000 miles (130,000 km) away.

The stars in a galaxy are held together by gravity and travel slowly around the galactic heart.

In many galaxies, including ours, a supermassive black hole lies hidden in the center. Stars and other material are sucked into this cosmic plughole by gravity and disappear forever.

Galaxy Shapes

Astronomers classify galaxies into just a few main types, depending on the shape we observe from Earth.

|| Spiral || Barred Spiral ||

Spiral - A central hub of stars is surrounded by spiral arms curving out.

Barred spiral - A straight bar runs across the center, connecting spiral arms.

|| Elliptical || Irregular ||

Elliptical - More than half of all galaxies are simple ball shapes.

Irregular - Galaxies with no clear shape are classified as irregular.

How Spiral Arms Form

The stars in a galaxy orbit the center, taking millions of years to make one circuit.

Spiral arms appear where stars pass in and out of crowded areas, like cars passing temporarily through a traffic jam.

One theory is that these traffic jams happen because the orbits of different stars don’t line up neatly.

The Milky Way

If you could look down on the Milky Way galaxy from above, the view would be like flying over a glittering city at night.

Most of the galaxy’s 200 billion stars are in the central bulge.

Curving around this are two vast spiral arms and several smaller arms.

The Milky Way is thought to be a barred spiral (see panel), but we can’t see its shape clearly from Earth since we view it from the inside.

In the night sky, the Milky Way appears only as a milky band of light.

Colliding Galaxies

Sometimes galaxies crash and tear each other apart.

Individual stars don’t collide, but gas clouds do, and gravity pulls the colliding galaxies into new shapes.

End of the Milky Way

In 4 billion years our galaxy will collide with the Andromeda galaxy.

This artist’s impression (above) shows what the sky might look like as they merge.

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[theofficialastronomy101]

Milky Way in 1000 megapixel quality

NOTE: For better viewing quality, click on photo and slowly scroll up and down.

[sammylkcho]

btw, i need write something about painter

send something about him, he need more love kamsbsgwtwyw

[milkystyx]

Y’all don’t even realize I posted a solangelo fic on ao3 that’s 17,000 words and it’s not my best writing but nobody said it had to be

[milky-aeons]

— BOOK ROOM

[ a collection of this blog author's favourite recommended reads! ]

𑁍ࠬܓ . . . here, on the bottom shelf, you will find my comfort reads. the fics i find myself reaching for over and over again. ones that will no doubt make you laugh and giggle and cry, that will remind you of nostalgic summer skies and warm, humid nights.

project jean by @jeanboyjean

atta girl by @st4rd0lly

by any other name by @kentopedia

mid day naps by @fyorina

sleeping without izana by @luna0713hunter

straight up by @gaoau

there's little miss bonten! by @arlerts-angel

wonder if she loves me by @luna0713hunter

𑁍ࠬܓ . . . oh, you have found my armoire? these fics i keep close to me at night. it brings me joy to know they are within the world, that the author has spun something so beautiful.

armin arlert sleep headcanons by @arlerts-angel

figure skater gojo headcanons by @volensnolenss

what it takes to kill an angel by @mncxbe

izana headcanons by @tokyo-daaaamn-ji-gang

when izana plays the guitar by @luna0713hunter

☂︎✧.* . . . my window seat is much worn and many cherished. please, pick up a book and listen to the rain tap against the panelled glass while you let these words whisk you away.

look at you by @bokutosbiceps

cake for breakfast by @arlerts-angel

does he know? by @jeanboyjean

𑁍ࠬܓ . . . the book room table can be seen littered with works this blog author is currently reading. they have just left such a spectacular impression that they already have their home here amongst the others.

dead girl's beach by @kokoch4n3l

i think i want to marry you by @arlerts-angel

and for you, i would fall from grace by @chuuyrr

raison d'etre by @gaoau

unreal unearth by @fyorina

wasteland, baby! by @fyorina

[lostmeadowjade]

@chaniis-atlantis your Hammond and Jack are being judged so hard my @dedkake ‘s Elizabeth.

[fragmented-tales]

// never did I think I would open my dash to...

To rock tiddies?????? //

[neotrances]

my usual everyday perfume is very cinnamon heavy which isn’t bad but sometimes its a bit much this one is so much more subtle with the spices i smell like chocolate chip cookies rn or maybe even chocolate milk

[tcfkag]

Cold Afternoon; Warm Drink

There is nothing better on a cold afternoon than making milky chai. I even make it with my own spice blend that *several* Desi friends taught me over the years. Then I (maybe) commit sacrilege by frothing the milk because I like foam! What can I say? If you drink it, what's your favorite way to make chai?

[sammylkcho]

I just listened to the whole Epic Musical sagas that's out so far (super hyped for The Vengeance Saga!), and I just got a great idea!

Imagine the concept of the musical adapted to Pressure here's what I thought:

It'd be similar to the musical, with Seb sighing and missing the love and touch of his dear wife (reader)

I love the idea of a mini fic or drabble with Seb singing, mixed with little scenes of him imagining being with the reader. I also really like how Odysseus in the musical doesn't let himself get close to other women, and vice versa.

I'm mostly just rambling here

I don't have the full idea worked out yet, but I loved thinking about this

[arrietty-rune]

// Small positive vent woops sorry

Just kinda sad it happened but i guess i can't hope anymore for this, but i'll be okay !!

I know it's been years and i disappeared, but i wish you the best for you c:

Thank for the moments we had, you inspired me a lot, i'm glad i met you ♥

[princess--bongwater]

A comp sketch. Consider this a sneak peak at a future piece

[darthkvznblogs]

Just to confirm, is Lotor in the Milky Way or just hovering (galactically speaking) nearby? And if it's the former, what are his thoughts on the galaxy?

He wasn't at the time of his appearance in Eternity in Promise, but he will be by next chapter (though that doesn't necessarily mean he'll appear). Regardless, you'll see him again in this story for sure.

[sobredunia]

Just saw a fic describing someone's skin as "milky" and my first thought went to female platypuses that sweat milk

[anxiously-scared]

i think dolls are hot. has been going on since january.

interesting. tbh i see the appeal but its not doing it for me personally

you go off though, i hope you come across some severe spending money bc high quality dolls are crazy expensive

[innovatorbunny]

i guess most of the arknights fanbase hasn't seen that one jalter post