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Why is our home galaxy called the Milky Way?

Cornelia Borrmann
November 27, 2024

The name for our galaxy comes from the ancient Greek words for ‘milk’ or ‘milky’. They could only see it as a bright band of light in the night sky. This Tomorrow Today viewer question comes from Daniele M. in Bulgaria.

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