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.
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.
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.
Because under good conditions it looks like a white(=milky) streak against a dark background.
Because the planet Earth is within the Milky Way Galaxy.
the milky way takes its name from irregular luminous band of stars and gas clouds that stretches across the sky
Our solar system is not far from the end of one of the spiral arms of the Milky Way. Our sun is about 26 or 27 thousand light years from the galactic center, and the galaxy is about 70 to 100 thousand light years across. See link for more information.See link for pictorial representation.
The Milky Way Galaxy.
We are in a spiral galaxy called the "Milky Way".
The Earth is located in a galaxy called the Milky Way. It is about 26,000 light-years from the center.
The Milky Way galaxy is.... called the Milky Way Galaxy
The galaxy that contains Earth and the rest of the Solar system is the Milky Way galaxy.
Ummm... I know earth is IN a spiral galaxy called the Milky Way Galaxy
The Earth is inside the milky way galaxy. It's our own galaxy.
Our Galaxy is called the Milky Way. It is a Spiral Galaxy.
Zero. Earth is in the Milky Way Galaxy.
Galaxy and Milky Way (The milky Way IS a galaxy)EarthMars.
It is Milky Way [Akash Ganga in Hindi]