Galaxies

Galaxies

1. What is a galaxy? 2. What types of galaxies are there? Describe them. 3. What is the name of the galaxy we live in? Describe it. How was the name chosen? 4. What are clusters of galaxies? 5. What was Edwin Hubble's role in finding galaxies? 6. How many known galaxies are there? 7. What galaxy is the closest to ours? What is the distance?

Websites 1. http://www.kidsastronomy.com/galaxys.htm

2. http://www.astro.cornell.edu/academics/courses/astro201/galaxies/types.htm

3. http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/space/universe/galaxies-article/

4. http://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/focus-areas/what-are-galaxies/

5. http://www.brighthub.com/science/space/articles/12504.aspx

6. http://www.8planets.co.uk/facts-about-galaxies

7. Milky Way Galaxy: https://www.space.com/19915-milky-way-galaxy.html