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Milky Way is a brand of chocolate-covered confectionery bar manufactured and marketed by Mars, Incorporated. There are two varieties: the US Milky Way bar, which is sold as the Mars bar worldwide, including Canada; and the global Milky Way bar, which is sold as the 3 Musketeers in the US and Canada (neither bar is sold as Milky Way in Canada).
In most of the world, a Mars bar is a chocolate bar with nougat and caramel, coated with milk chocolate. In the United States, it is marketed as the Milky Way bar. It was first manufactured in Slough, England under the Mars bar name in 1932 by Forrest Mars, Sr., son of American candy maker Frank C. Mars.
Milky Way Farm in Giles County, Tennessee, is the former estate of Franklin C. Mars, founder of Mars Candies. The property is named for the company's Milky Way candy bar. During the Great Depression, the estate was the largest employer in Giles county.
The Milky Way [c] is the galaxy that includes the Solar System, with the name describing the galaxy's appearance from Earth: a hazy band of light seen in the night sky formed from stars that cannot be individually distinguished by the naked eye.
The Mars family is an American family that owns the confectionery company Mars Inc. In 1988, the family was ranked as the richest family in the United States of America by Fortune magazine. It has since been surpassed by the Walton family and the Koch family, and was ranked as the third richest family in America in 2016. [1]
The nature of the Milky Way's bar, which extends across the Galactic Center, is also actively debated, with estimates for its half-length and orientation spanning between 1–5 kpc (short or a long bar) and 10–50°. Certain authors advocate that the Milky Way features two distinct bars, one nestled within the other.
Last year, Milky Way joined the likes of sweet, seasonal releases like pumpkin pie Kit Kats, and the new flavor was praised as out of this world. While the classic candy bar already has a Simply ...
2008. The Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, located on Observatory Hill, in Saanich, British Columbia, [1] was completed in 1918 by the Canadian government. The Dominion architect responsible for the building was Edgar Lewis Horwood. [2] The main instrument is the 72-inch- aperture (1.83 m) Plaskett telescope, proposed and designed by John S ...
On a perfectly clear night in the world-renowned Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada the Milky way is seen shining bright like a million jewels.
Observed structure of the Milky Way's spiral arms. The Perseus Arm is one of two major spiral arms of the Milky Way galaxy. The second major arm is called the Scutum–Centaurus Arm. The Perseus Arm begins from the distal end of the long Milky Way central bar.