Have you ever wondered how heavy all objects in our Milky Way are together? Weight and mass outside of Earth are tricky. You can’t just put planets, stars, or other space objects on the scale. Generally, when you’re on a scale, it measures how hard the gravity of our planet is pulling on you.
On Earth, you weigh a certain amount, but if you could teleport to Jupiter now, it would be different. So, how did the scientists manage to weigh the Milky Way? #brightside Credit: W51Nebula: By NASA/JPL-Caltech, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=93532369 HS201427a: By NASA, ESA, H. Teplitz and M. Rafelski (IPAC/Caltech), A. Koekemoer (STScI), R. Windhorst (Arizona State University), and Z. Levay (STScI), https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=33189266 Swarm: By NASA, The Hubble Heritage Team, STScI, AURA, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6449278 the Milky Way: By NASA/JPL-Caltech/ESO/R. Hurt, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28274828 Collision: Credit: NASA; ESA; and F. Summers, STScI | Simulation Credit: NASA; ESA; G. Besla, Columbia University; and R. van der Marel, STScI, https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/science/milky-way-collide.html Maquette de Gaia: By Pline, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=26837220 CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0: M13 cluster: By Nielander, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=126759326 M13: By Astrowimp, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=46752291 CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0: Milky Way: By ESO/S. Brunier, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9559670 central bulge: By ESO/NASA/JPL-Caltech/M. Kornmesser/R. Hurt, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28256788 Animation is created by Bright Side. —————————————————————————————- Music from TheSoul Sound: https://thesoul-sound.com/ Check our Bright Side podcast on Spotify and leave a positive review! https://open.spotify.com/show/0hUkPxD34jRLrMrJux4VxV Subscribe to Bright Side: https://goo.gl/rQTJZz —————————————————————————————- Our Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brightside Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brightside.official TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@brightside.official?lang=en Stock materials (photos, footages and other): https://www.depositphotos.com https://www.shutterstock.com https://www.eastnews.ru —————————————————————————————- For more videos and articles visit: http://www.brightside.me
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