They differ. Galaxies basically fall into 4 categories, those being Spiral, Barred Spiral, Elliptical and Erratic.
milky, like a river of stars
milky way
because it looks like a spiral
Because they can see it.
The Milky Way is not a place you can be on, it is our galaxy which we are part of. From earth it looks like a milky white band across the sky (thus the name).
were in it. Look up milky way on Google and you will see some pictures takes from the ground that's what it looks like.
Milky Way looks like a river from earth. In Hindu mythology thus it is called akasganga.
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
It appears milky because it's made from so many stars that from a distance, it looks milky.If you look at the Milky Way from somewhere where the sky is really dark, it looks like someone spilled glowing milk across the sky, and formed a little stream; that's why it is called the "milky way". There isn't any literal "milk" there.Check the link below for an excellent photo of the Milky Way.
It looks more like a gigantic disk, with a bulge in the middle.
No. The Milky Way is our galaxy, and our Sun is part of the Milky Way. The Milky Way got its name because it LOOKS like somebody spilled several gallons of milk across the sky. The Milky Way is a spiral-shaped "blob" of many billions of stars; there's nothing to "line up" with. See the link below for a photo of the Milky Way from NASA's "Picture of the Day" archive.
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.