Milky Quotes

With so much irregular structure in the outer Galaxy, it looks as though the Milky Way is still growing, by cannibalizing smaller galaxies that fall into it. - Mario Juric

While this detector is smaller than those envisioned for the future, it's been in operation for a decade or two, so it actually stands a good chance of having detected the first neutrino from an identified supernova beyond the Milky Way and its closest companions. - John Beacom

When I checked in the morning, the ice was nice and clear, not milky. That usually means that the ice layer was solid enough to do the job. - George Casey

We studied the properties of galaxies close to the Milky Way instead of looking billions of light years away. It's like traveling from Seattle to Portland, Ore., rather than from Seattle to New York, to measure the Earth's curvature. - Fabio Governato

We know we're 10 million years away from having a Milky Way with an active nucleus. - Antony Stark

We have seen this kind of thing in other galaxies, but it?s very remarkable for the Milky Way. - Joe Shields

We have children who grow up without ever seeing the Milky Way. It's sad. - Phil Cowell

To relax, I work. I am undecided whether or not the Milky Way is but one of countless others all of which form an entire system. Perhaps the light from these infinitely distant galaxies is so faint that we cannot see them. - Christopher Lambert

To ancient Chinese fancy, the Milky Way was a luminous river, - the River of Heaven, - the Silver Stream. - Lafcadio Hearn