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a huge physical or conceptual distance
they're a galaxy apart when it comes to politics
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Recent Examples of galaxies
The winners of the 2025 ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year Award have been revealed, showcasing a spectacular selection of night sky images that reveal the majesty of ancient galaxies, nebulas, stellar cities and of course, Earth's moon.
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Anthony Wood, Space.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Dust is ubiquitous in the modern Universe, appearing in nearly all galaxies.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 12 Sep. 2025
Public stargazing nights are held every Friday, and during these events, powerful telescopes bring planets, galaxies, and star clusters into view.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 12 Sep. 2025
The host proto-cluster – or group of galaxies in the early stages of formation – that’s home to the jet is on the periphery of our Milky Way galaxy.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
But the hot gas that suffused the space between the galaxies in each cluster would have crashed head-on.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 11 Sep. 2025
Not a strike of lightning from Heaven, but rather the perfect alignment of multiple moons, stars and galaxies.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Sep. 2025
Scientists know that supermassive black holes reside in the centers of most galaxies.
—Bill Smith, JSTOR Daily, 4 Sep. 2025
However, the image ended up being so deep—and revealed so many galaxies—that some of the individual objects began to merge and become indistinguishable from each other.
—Daniel R. Depetris, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Apr. 2025
Anthony Wood, Space.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Dust is ubiquitous in the modern Universe, appearing in nearly all galaxies.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 12 Sep. 2025
Public stargazing nights are held every Friday, and during these events, powerful telescopes bring planets, galaxies, and star clusters into view.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 12 Sep. 2025
The host proto-cluster – or group of galaxies in the early stages of formation – that’s home to the jet is on the periphery of our Milky Way galaxy.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
But the hot gas that suffused the space between the galaxies in each cluster would have crashed head-on.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 11 Sep. 2025
Not a strike of lightning from Heaven, but rather the perfect alignment of multiple moons, stars and galaxies.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Sep. 2025
Scientists know that supermassive black holes reside in the centers of most galaxies.
—Bill Smith, JSTOR Daily, 4 Sep. 2025
However, the image ended up being so deep—and revealed so many galaxies—that some of the individual objects began to merge and become indistinguishable from each other.
—Daniel R. Depetris, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for galaxies
Noun
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The win on Sunday follows a runner-up finish from worlds in 2023 and a sixth-place finish in the long jump at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.—
Cory Mull,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Seen previously on models like NZXT’s own H6 Flow and the more recent APNX V1, angled fan mounts like those on the H9 Flow RGB offer the best of both worlds.—
Thomas Soderstrom,
PC Magazine,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Stretching across 8 light-years, the rare stellar eruption is about twice the distance between our sun and the next nearest stars.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Chi Cygni is about 500 light-years from the solar system.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Galaxies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/galaxies. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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