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The name is from the Greek root galaxias [γαλαξίας], meaning "milky," a reference to the milky way galaxy.

They referred to it as "milky" because of the faint white appearance on the night sky. It looks like spilled milk. There are a number of ancient legends where milk is involved in its creation.

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The name is from the Greek root galaxias [γαλαξίας], meaning "milky," a reference to the milky way galaxy.

They referred to it as "milky" because of the faint white appearance on the night sky. It looks like spilled milk. There are a number of ancient legends where milk is involved in its creation.

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An arm of our galaxy is visible on clear, moonless night. It has a milky appearance and stretches across the sky as a band, hence the term "Milky Way." The term originates from ancient Greece.

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Because under good conditions it looks like a white(=milky) streak against a dark background.

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Because the planet Earth is within the Milky Way Galaxy.

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the milky way takes its name from irregular luminous band of stars and gas clouds that stretches across the sky

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