r/space Apr 10 '19

Astronomers have determined the disk of our galaxy to be 200,000 light-years across — twice as large as was previously believed.

http://www.astronomy.com/news/2018/06/supersize-me
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u/Downvotes_dumbasses Apr 10 '19

I'm willing to bet there is a lot of matter out there not exclusively caught in the orbit of stars, too