The Milky Way

No it is not a candy. The Milky Way is the dim milky band of stars that arches across the sky. It contains our Solar system. With its 100 000 light years wide radius it is a relatively small galaxy compared to the really giant galaxies in the Universe. It is orbited by two smaller galaxies called the Large and the Small Magellanic Clouds. The Milky way is a barren spiral galaxy.