How many stars are in the Milky Way?

Our Sun (a star) and all the planets around it are part of a galaxy known as the Milky Way Galaxy.

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A galaxy is a large group of stars, gas, and dust bound together by gravity.

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The Milky Way is a large barred spiral galaxy.

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All the stars we see in the night sky are in our own Milky Way Galaxy.

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It is very difficult to count the number of stars in the Milky Way from our position inside the galaxy.

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Our best estimates tell us that the Milky Way is made up of approximately 100 billion stars.

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These stars form a large disk whose diameter is about 100,000 light years.

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Thank You!

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