How much of the Milky Way have we explored?

To date, scientists have explored about 4 percent of the visible universe. That's made up of planets, stars and galaxies that astronomers can see. Yet, there's a vast part – the other 96 percent – that scientists cannot see.To date, scientists have explored about 4 percent of the visible universe. That's made up of planets, stars and galaxies that astronomers can see. Yet, there's a vast part – the other 96 percent – that scientists cannot see.

How much of the Milky Way is unexplored?

Zero percent. So far, we've only explored parts of two planets of one star, and one of those was with robots. Very little, I remember on a star trek next generation episode the federation star ship enterprise stated 19 percent of the our galaxy have been explore.

How much of the Milky Way has been discovered?

It's amazing: We've barely scratched the surface of our own galaxy, which is 100,000 light-years across, even after finding more than 1,800 exoplanets so far (and 4,600 other possible suspects).

Will humans ever explore the Milky Way?

The technology required to travel between galaxies is far beyond humanity's present capabilities, and currently only the subject of speculation, hypothesis, and science fiction. However, theoretically speaking, there is nothing to conclusively indicate that intergalactic travel is impossible.

How much of galaxy is explored?

As of April 2019, Frontier says that players have explored only 0.036% of the Milky Way, somewhere in the neighborhood of 144 million star systems. That means there are well over 399 billion star systems left for them to discover.

Where is Earth in the Milky Way?

Earth is located in one of the spiral arms of the Milky Way (called the Orion Arm) which lies about two-thirds of the way out from the center of the Galaxy. Here we are part of the Solar System — a group of eight planets, as well as numerous comets and asteroids and dwarf planets which orbit the Sun.

What planets are in Andromeda?

Does the Andromeda Galaxy have planets? There is currently only one very strong candidate planet in the Andromeda Galaxy, temporarily named PA-99-N2. It was detected because of a microlensing event in 1999.

Is Earth in the Milky Way?

Our solar system—which includes the sun, Earth, and seven other planets—is part of this galaxy, called … you guessed it … the Milky Way. The Milky Way contains hundreds of billions of stars like our sun.

Can you see Milky Way with naked eye?

Up, down, left, right, that is the Milky Way. From Earth, it can be seen as a hazy form of stars in the night sky that the naked eye can barely notice. You can see the Milky Way all year, no matter where you are in the world. It's visible just so long as the sky is clear and the light pollution is minimal.

Will humans ever leave the solar system?

Humans will never migrate to a planet outside of Earth's solar system because it would take far too long to get there, Swiss Nobel laureate Michel Mayor said Wednesday.