Sad that you have to ask - if you lived in the country and looked up, the answer would be obvious. The plane of the galaxy is visible in the sky, when not obscured by artificial lighting, as a broad ribbon of stars, with many of them so s...
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The galaxy our Sun lives in is called the Milky Way or the Galaxy (note the capital 'G'). The name `Milky Way' comes from the band of light that is seen overhead on very dark nights. The ancients called it the Celestial River.
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Milky Way - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Milky Way , or simply the Galaxy , is the galaxy in which the Solar System is located. It is a barred spiral galaxy that is part of the Local Group of galaxies. It is one of billions of galaxi...
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The Milky Way is a faint white milky streak across the sky. It is best seen far away from city lights. It is actually the inside of the disc of the Milky Way Galaxy. We live in this disc. ... The ancient astronomers called this streak the Milky Way. That is why our Galaxy is often called the Milky Way Galaxy.
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www.historyoftheuniverse.com/milky2.html
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It was discovered in 1994 that there is a small galaxy which is in the process of colliding with the Milky Way. It is called the Sagittarius Dwarf Galaxy. It lies on the other side of the Milky Way from the Earth, so it is completely hidden from view by the clouds of gas and dust in the plane of the Galaxy.
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www.historyoftheuniverse.com/milkyway.html
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Because to the ancients, it looks like a river of milk in the sky, milk obviously being the liquid that brings life. So the milky way was the river bringing life from the heavens down to the Earth.
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Galaxies question: Why is our galaxy called the Milky Way galaxy? The name is from the Greek root galaxias [γαλαξίας], meaning milky, a reference to the milky way galaxy. ... It could also be called the Milky Way because of the faint white appearance on the night sky. It looks like spilled milk.
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MySpace Music profile for Ready To Fall (Now called Milky Way Persuasion). Download Ready To Fall (Now called Milky Way Persuasion) Pop Punk / Experimental / Ska music singles, watch music videos, listen to free streaming mp3s, & read Ready To Fall (Now called Milky Way Persuasion)'s blog. ... ; Bump This! ; Florence,
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Our galaxy is called "the Milky Way" because, before telescopes could resolve all the multitudes of stars that make up the Milky Way, people weren't sure what that fuzzy streak across the sky was made up of. ... Why is our galaxy called the milky way?
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