Why is our solar system in the Milky Way galaxy (eg. Why is it not in the andromeda galaxy)?

Question: Why is our solar system in the Milky Way galaxy (eg. Why is it not in the andromeda galaxy)?
- Keywords:
  galaxy,
  Milky Way,
  solar system
Asked by murr520sync on 3 Mar 2025.
- Martin McCoustra answered on 3 Mar 2025:
  
  That’s simply because we named our home galaxy the Milky Way. Andromeda isn’t our home galaxy.