EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -The Milky Way is a large barred spiral galaxy. All the stars we see in the night sky are in our own Milky Way Galaxy. Our galaxy is called the Milky Way because it appears as a milky band of light in the sky when you see it in a really dark area.

Detailed explanation-2: -The milky way galaxy is known as the Akash Ganga due to its appearance.

Detailed explanation-3: -"The term was in common use in Western astronomy 2, 500 years ago, ” Stanley said, referring to stargazers in European countries. “So there’s no way of knowing who first coined it and how it first came to be. It’s one of those terms that’s so old that its origin is generally forgotten by now."

Detailed explanation-4: -Other galaxies are even farther away from us and can only be seen through telescopes. Milky is also called Akash Ganga in India, which literally translates to “The Ganges of the sky” in Sanskrit.