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The 69 pages that link to Milky Way, each with the reason it gives.

• Dark matter haloBroader topic: Stellar motions and satellite orbits constrain the halo surrounding our galaxy.

• Galaxy evolutionBroader topic: Its stars and satellites preserve detailed evidence of a galaxy’s assembly history.

• GalaxyBroader topic: It is the galaxy whose stars and structure can be studied from within.

• Spiral galaxyBroader topic: It is the spiral galaxy whose structure astronomers infer from within its dusty disk.

• Differential rotationBroader topic: Its stars and gas orbit the galactic center at rates that vary with radius.

• Barred spiral galaxyBroader topic: Its central bar is inferred from stellar surveys and shapes models of our own galaxy.

• Luis BuñuelBroader topic: Its episodic pilgrimage lets Buñuel stage disputes over Catholic belief.

• Galactic bulgeBroader topic: Its central bulge includes a box-shaped, peanut-like structure.

• Galactic diskBroader topic: Its stellar and gaseous disk is the nearest detailed example of a galactic disk.

• Missing satellites problemBroader topic: Its satellite census is the original and most extensively studied setting for the discrepancy.

• Spiral armBroader topic: Its spiral arms are mapped indirectly from our position inside the disk.

• Harold LloydBroader topic: It shows Lloyd carrying his comic persona into the sound era.

• Galactic haloBroader topic: Its nearby halo can be studied star by star and through satellite motions.

• Virgo SuperclusterBroader topic: It belongs to the Local Group, one of the supercluster’s constituent galaxy groups.

• Gravitationally bound systemBroader topic: Its stars and dark matter form a galaxy-scale structure bound by gravity.

• NightBroader topic: Moonless, unpolluted nights reveal its broad band to the unaided eye.

• Kennicutt–Schmidt lawBroader topic: Its resolved clouds and star-forming regions provide a local comparison with galactic averages.

• Night skyBroader topic: Its bright central plane dominates a dark sky far from artificial lights.

• Forrest Mars Sr.Broader topic: Forrest worked on the bar’s development in his father’s company.

• Local SheetBroader topic: It is one of the Local Group galaxies embedded in the Local Sheet.

• Mars, IncorporatedBroader topic: Its launch marked an early commercial success for the Mars company.

• Square degreeBroader topic: Its broad band across the sky illustrates why survey coverage is counted in thousands of square degrees.

• Formation and evolution of stars and galaxiesBroader topic: Its stellar populations and satellite galaxies provide detailed evidence of assembly over time.