October 4 - The Milky Way - The Declaration

October 4 – The Milky Way

By: Dylan DaCunha, Editor-in-Chief

October 5, 2021

Photo Credit: Photo via Pixabay under the Creative Commons License

Pictured is the Milky Way galaxy. Billions of stars are able to seen.

The disk of the Milky Way galaxy is about 100,000 light-years in diameter, but only about 1000 light-years thick. Our galaxy contains about two hundred billion stars.

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About the Contributor

Dylan DaCunha, Editor-in-Chief

Dylan DaCunha is a senior at Colonia High School. She has enjoyed writing all her life, going all the way back to elementary school. She plays softball and has big aspirations to play in college, which is what fuels her passion for writing about sports. She’s an avid baseball fan which doesn’t hurt either. Not only does she play softball at CHS, but she’s an active member in multiple honor societies including Quill & Scroll Media Honor Society. She loves maintaining good grades in order to participate in these activities. Outside of school, she enjoys being with her friends as well as watching movies and listening to music. She plans on traveling the world someday and taking in as much as she can. Her favorite quote, by singer Harry Styles, is “If you’re happy doing what you’re doing nobody can tell you you’re not successful.”