<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Umthala i-Milky Way uwumthala ohlanganisa i-Solar System yethu, ogama lawo lichaza ukubukeka komthala uma ubuka umhlaba: umucu okhanyayo obonakala esibhakabhakeni ebusuku owakhiwe izinkanyezi ezingakwazi ukuhlukaniswa ngeso lenyama. Igama elithi Milky Way lihunyushwe kwelesiLatini elithi , elivela kwelesiGreki , elisho isiyingi sobisi. Uma usuka eMhlabeni, iMilky Way ibonakala njengebhande ngoba isakhiwo sayo esifana nediski sibhekwa ngaphakathi. UGalileo Galilei waqala ukuhlukanisa ibhande lokukhanya libe izinkanyezi ngazinye ngesibonakude sakhe ngo-1610. Kuze kube sekuqaleni kwawo-1920, izazi zezinkanyezi eziningi zazicabanga ukuthi iMilky Way iqukethe zonke izinkanyezi ezikhona endaweni yonke. Ukulandela Impikiswano Enkulu Ka-1920  <response>: phakathi kwezazi zezinkanyezi uHarlow Shapley noHeber Curtis, ukuhlola kuka-Edwin Hubble kwabonisa ukuthi iMilky Way ingenye nje yezinkanyezi eziningi. 