Do you know about The Milky Way? 🌌

Sleep Tight Science - A Bedtime Science Show For Kids

Sleep Tight Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.4 • 613 Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2024

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we'll journey through our home galaxy, the Milky Way, a vast spiral galaxy with over 100 billion stars, including our Sun. Located in the quieter Orion-Cygnus Arm, about 27,000 light-years from the center, our solar system orbits far from the powerful supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A*, which holds the galaxy together. We'll explore the three main types of galaxies—spiral, elliptical, and irregular—and imagine the technology that might one day let us travel beyond the Milky Way. Finally, we'll consider one of science's biggest mysteries: Are we alone in the galaxy? We'll learn how scientists search for life on planets in the "Goldilocks Zone," keeping us curious about what—and who—might be out there. Sleep Tight!, Sheryl & Clark ❤️👂📖 --- Further Reading National Geographic Kids NASA Space Place A Backyard Guide to the Night Sky --- 👉 Join Premium for AD FREE listening and extra bedtime stories! 👉 Sleep Tight Premium is now available in Apple Podcasts! 🎉 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Leave a review wherever you listen to podcasts, or share our podcast with your friends. 📢 Have an interesting science topic you would like to investigate? Send us an email at [email protected] , and we may feature it in an upcoming show. --- About Sleep Tight Science We’ve got bedtime down to a (Sleep Tight) Science! Sleep Tight Science is an engaging bedtime show that makes science accessible and enjoyable for the whole family. Snuggle in and drift off to sleep while learning about science topics submitted by listeners! Designed for curious young minds (but simple enough for grown-ups to understand), Sleep Tight Science uses big words to answer big questions that kids wonder about, like why do we feel icky sometimes and how do our legs help us move? Learn something new about the natural world while drifting off to dreamland. Have an interesting science question or a topic you’re curious about? Email us at [email protected], and it might just be the focus of an upcoming episode! Dedicated to enhancing the health and happiness of children, Sleep Tight Media helps families replace bedtime struggles with bedtime snuggles.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Sleep Tight Science.
0:13.8	Did you know that our Milky Way galaxy is constantly moving?
0:20.6	What?
0:21.7	It's racing through space at a speed of about 2.1 million kilometers per hour, or about
0:30.1	1.3 million miles per hour.
0:33.2	So we're never sitting still.
0:43.3	Okay. So we're never sitting still. Hello, friends, and welcome back to Sleep Tight Science,
0:48.0	a bedtime show that answers your questions about science.
0:54.8	Before we get started, we have a favor to ask.
0:59.4	We love getting your science questions,
1:02.4	and even though we can't possibly answer them all,
1:06.1	we use them to find out what you love to learn about.
1:10.0	So, if you have any questions, please send them our way.
1:15.4	In return, we give you a small thanks in a form of a shout-out at the end of our episode.
1:22.3	Our email can be found in our show notes.
1:26.4	We can't wait to see what you are interested in.
1:32.0	In this episode, we are going to learn about our galaxy, the milky way, which is named for its soft,
1:40.4	milky glow as it stretches across the night sky.
1:46.6	Long ago, people thought it looked like a river of milk flowing through the stars.
1:53.9	In Greek mythology, there's even a story that the goddess Hera sprayed milk across the sky,
2:02.9	creating this glowing band.
2:10.5	Around the world, different cultures have special names for this starry path.
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