Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  I te wā e pātai mai ai tētahi ki a koe he pēhea te whānui o te Milky Way, me whakaaro anō pea koe ki tō whakautu '100,000 tau-marama'. Kua kitea e nga tohunga whetu he mowhiti kē o nga whetu tawhiti pea he wāhanga o to tatou tupuni, e 50 ōrau te nui ake i te 150,000 tau-marama te whanui. I takea tēnei i runga i te arotakenga anō o tētahi mowhiti tawhiti e karapoti ana i tō tātou tupuni, e whakaaro ana ngā tohunga whetū ināianei he wāhanga o te Milky Way. Kua whakahoutia e ngā tohunga whetū i New York te tatauranga rahi o to tatou tupuni (e whakaaturia ana). I tēnei wā, e kī ana rātau he 50 ōrau te rahi ake i te 150,000 tau marama te whanui, ehara i te 100,000 tau marama. E hāngai ana tēnei ki te arotake anō i tētahi mowhiti whetū i roto i te Monoceros Ring. I ako te rōpū pūtaiao mai i Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute i New York i te Monoceros Ring, he aho rite ki te mowhiti roa o nga whetu e "whakaputa" ana i to tatou tupuni whetu e toru nga wa. Kei te 65,000 tau-marama te tawhiti mai i te pokapū o to tatou tupuni, ā, he 200,000 tau-marama te roa. I mua i whakaarohia he awa whetu i haea mai i te tata o Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy na te taunekeneke ki te Milky Way. E whakaarotia ana kei roto i te Milky Way neke atu i te 200 piriona nga whetu. Ma tenei e waiho ai hei whetu "waenganui" me te tupuni nui rawa atu e mohiotia ana, IC 1101, kei roto neke atu i te 100 trillion whetu. I te pō mārama, ina titiro koe ki runga ki te rangi pō, ko te nuinga ka taea e koe te kite mai i tētahi wāhi i runga i te Ao, e tata ana ki te 2,500 whetū. Ka rite ki te nui ake i te rua hautoru o nga tupuni e mōhiotia ana, he āhua kakara te Milky Way. I te pokapū o te porohita, he nui te pūngao, ā, i ētahi wā, ka puta he mura nui. E whakapono ana ngā tohunga whetū ehara i te wā katoa te Milky Way i te porohita porohita whakamiharo. I hangaia ki tona rahi o naianei ma te "kai" i etahi atu tupuni. Heoi anō, i tēnei wā, e āhua ana ko te mowhiti tērā pea he wāhanga o tō tātou ake aorangi, ā, ka taea te whakararuraru e ētahi atu aorangi kākano. <unk> Ki taku whakaaro kei te whai pea ēnei tauira i te hanganga kakara o te Milky Way, nō reira tērā pea e pā ana, <unk> Dr Heidi Newberg, mai i te Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute i New...
Kua whakahoutia e ngā tohunga whetū i New York te tātaitanga o te rahi o tō tātou aorangi. I tēnei wā, e kī ana rātau he 150,000 tau-marama tōna whanui, ehara i te 100,000 tau-marama. E hāngai ana tēnei ki te arotake anō i tētahi mowhiti whetū e kiia nei ko te Monoceros Ring. I mua ake nei i whakaarotia ko tēnei he mea nō tētahi aorangi kākano e tata ana. I tēnei wā e tino mōhio ana ngā tohunga whetū he wāhanga ia o te Milky Way.