Milky way Emoji

Travel

A dark purple or blue night sky filled with a dense, glittering band of stars and cosmic dust. It captures the vast, swirling appearance of our home galaxy as seen from a clear vantage point on Earth.

Usage Context

Frequently used to express wonder, dreams, or the feeling of being small in a massive universe. It is a go-to for late-night conversations, themes of space exploration, or when someone is feeling spaced out or 'lost in the stars' alongside ✨ or 🌙.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2010 as part of Emoji 1.0, this icon was initially bundled with other weather and space-related symbols to help users quickly describe nighttime conditions or atmospheric settings in early mobile messaging.

Details

Glyph

🌌

Unicode

U+1F30C

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f30c:

HTML Entity

&#xD83C;&#xDF0C;

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category Travel

Subcategory sky & weather

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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