Galaxy ("galaxy") is stellar matter that can be recognized as clustered in space. It is a name of Greek origin (which passed into Latin and then English) by 947; 945; 955; 945; 954; 964; 959; 962; ( galactos "of milk" ) , because from our planet is visible in the sky a cluster of stars that looks like a white spot (or Milky Way, our own galaxy), and according to mythology would be 947; 945; 955; 945; 958; 953; 945; 962; (gaxies), the milk poured out by the bosom of the goddess Hera.
