Galaxy or galaxy?

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Sammy Sam

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We normally capitalize the noun "Milky Way" even when it appears in the middle of a sentence. But how should we write it when we add the word "galaxy" to it while writing it in the middle of the statement? I have come across both "the Milky Way galaxy" and "the Milky Way Galaxy".

Let me paste some of the statements from the internet below.

Milky Way galaxy

Yesterday's chart showed the part of our Milky Way galaxy that stretches overhead in the evening.

New clews of understanding the history of Milky Way galaxy can be offered by analylizing the data above.

Milky Way Galaxy

Our magnificent Milky Way Galaxy sprawls across this ambitious all - sky panorama.

In the disk of our Milky Way Galaxy about 10 percent of visible matter is in the form of gas, called the interstellar medium (ISM).
 
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I have come across both "the Milky Way galaxy" and "the Milky Way Galaxy".
If I had to choose, I'd use the first. But it's not necessary to add the word "galaxy". "The Milky Way" implies "The Milky Way galaxy".

New clews of understanding the history of Milky Way galaxy can be offered by analylizing the data above.
I'd advise you to ignore whichever site you got this from. This single short sentence has spelling mistakes and also punctuation and construction errors.
 
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Sammy Sam, please note that I've changed your thread title. Titles must include some or all of the words or phrases you're asking about, and in any case, it's a capitalisation question – not a punctuation one.
 
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