What Is the Biggest Thing in the Universe? Scientists have created the first map of a colossal supercluster of galaxies known as Laniakea, the home of Earth's Milky Way galaxy and many other. ... In the cosmic scheme of things, Earth is small.Jan 17, 2018
Milky Way Galaxy Has Four Spiral Arms, New Study Confirms. A 12-year study published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society has confirmed that our Milky Way Galaxy has four spiral arms, following years of debate that it has only two arms.Dec 29, 2013
The Romans named it via lactea precisely because it looks like a milky patch of sky above the Earth at night. But, the Romans weren't the first to name the galaxy. The Romans got the name from the Greeks, who called it galaxias kyklos, which translates into “milky circle.”Nov 13, 2013