Our Milky Way is the galaxy that includes the solar system with the name describing the galaxy appreance from earth from earth Milky Way appears as a band because it’s disc like structure is viewed from within until the 1920 it was believed that Milky Way is our universe following the 1920 great debate it was founded that it is only a galaxy in our universe the debate was between harlow sharley and heber doust curtis

The similarities between Milky Way and the ocean of milk is story of churning of milk the churning of milk in the ocean of milk is spiral like fashion much like the shape of our Milky Way at the centre of our Milky Way is a supermassive black hole which is of great mass and according to the story of churning of ocean of milk the devas placed the heavy mount mandara at the centre of ocean to help churn it