What is the milky way? Why is it named ao
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Milky way is the galaxy that contains our 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.
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Long ago, the Romansnamed the galaxy “via lactea,” which translates to “road of milk.” The Romansnamed it via lactea precisely because it looks like a milky patch of sky above the Earth at night. ... The Romans got the name from the Greeks, whocalled it galaxias kyklos, which translates into “milky WAY '
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