Eugene Alvin Villar on Nostr: #TIL that the word “galaxy” ultimately comes from the ancient Greek word ...

#TIL that the word “galaxy” ultimately comes from the ancient Greek word “γάλα” (“gála”), which means milk. So “Milky Way Galaxy” is somewhat redundant, though not really surprising because it was only a little over a century ago that other galaxies were proven to exist.

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