Ask Me Help Desk

Ask Me Help Desk (https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/forum.php)
-   Astronomy (https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/forumdisplay.php?f=38)
-   -   Why are some regions of the Milky Way Dark (https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/showthread.php?t=154843)

  • Nov 22, 2007, 10:34 AM
    Cailaeag3me
    Why are some regions of the Milky Way Dark
    Why do some regions of our Milky Way galaxy appear dark?

    Is it because there's no stars or that they're hidden by instellar gas or dus? Or is that whole black hole thing that capture all the light behind them. I'm lost...
  • Nov 22, 2007, 11:25 AM
    invisibleman_productions
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Cailaeag3me
    Why do some regions of our Milky Way galaxy appear dark?

    Is it because there's no stars or that they're hidden by instellar gas or dus? Or is that whole black hole thing that capture all the light behind them. I'm lost...
    Hiya

    I think the links below should give you all the info you need.

    Milky Way - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    The Milky Way Galaxy
    The Milky Way Galaxy

    • All times are GMT -7. The time now is 08:21 PM.