Scientists have discovered the color of the Milky Way. And this is interesting because? Well, because stars' color indicates where they are in their life cycle. Apparently, according to the University of Pittsburgh's Jeffrey Newman, "The Milky Way is in a very interesting evolutionary state right now": http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16523528
And that's not all! It seems there could be as many as 100 billion planets in the Milky Way: http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/337517/description/Planets_as_common_as_stars_in_Milky_Way
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