Because of the spirals. Suggestion: Search (for example, in Google Images, or perhaps in the Wikipedia) for "spiral galaxy", to get an idea what a spiral galaxy looks like.
Earth is in the milky way the milky way is a galaxy, a spiral galaxy i think and its called the milky way because it looks like milk when you see it at night yo other people who will probably answer like a second after me -Alex
The Greek word Galaxy is "milk". The name Milky Way Galaxy is derived from the way intra-galaxy dust and clouds appear as they stream across the night sky.
The Milky Way is a spiral galaxy, more specifically a "barred spiral galaxy" in which some stars are located in a horizontal band across the nucleus, rather than in the spiral arms.
Please don't write "the following" if you don't provide a list - it just doesn't make sense.The Milky Way is a spiral galaxy.
We can not take a photo of the Milky Way as if we were at some distance from it. However we do know that the Milky Way is a Bard Spiral Galaxy with, we believe, 4 distinct spiral arms. This information enables artists to depict what the Milky Way would look like form a distance but these depictions are not photographs.Some good photographs of how the Milky Way looks from Earth are linked to below.
The Milky way is a galaxy. A spiral galaxy, to be more precise.The Milky way is a galaxy. A spiral galaxy, to be more precise.The Milky way is a galaxy. A spiral galaxy, to be more precise.The Milky way is a galaxy. A spiral galaxy, to be more precise.
the spiral galaxy is very bright because of its stars, that's why our galaxy is called the milky way because it looks milky and our galaxy(the milky way) is located in one of the arms of a spiral galaxy!
The milky way is classified as a galaxy... A barred spiral galaxy.
We are in a spiral galaxy called the "Milky Way".
No. The Milky Way is believed to be a barred spiral galaxy.
Ummm... I know earth is IN a spiral galaxy called the Milky Way Galaxy
A spiral galaxy called the Milky Way
A spiral galaxy called the Milky Way
Our Galaxy is called the Milky Way. It is a Spiral Galaxy.
The milky way, and its a barred spiral galaxy.
Yes.
That is called the Milky Way.