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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 European Space Agency telescope is designed to make a 3D map of the universe by looking at billions of galaxies up to 10 billion light years away across one third of the sky.
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Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2026
In fact, the gravitational influence of dark matter is crucial as the gravity of the visible matter in galaxies alone isn't sufficient to hold them together.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 10 Apr. 2026
To tune in to distant galaxies and other faraway objects, astronomers would need an antenna somewhere with no atmosphere that also would be somehow protected from all our terrestrial chatter.
—Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 8 Apr. 2026
There are billions of galaxies in the universe and each has billions of stars, so the likelihood life developed elsewhere is fairly high, according to University of Michigan Astronomy Professor Edwin Bergin, who teaches about looking for life elsewhere.
—ABC News, 4 Apr. 2026
Students learn about astronomy – understanding constellations, planets, stars, galaxies and the expanding universe – all while playing this video game.
—Jane Charlton, The Conversation, 1 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, on grander scales, older stars across the Universe run out of fuel and die, new episodes of star-formation are triggered, and the Universe continues to expand, driving individual galaxies, groups of galaxies, and clusters of galaxies mutually apart, faster and faster, as time goes on.
—Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
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
Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2026
In fact, the gravitational influence of dark matter is crucial as the gravity of the visible matter in galaxies alone isn't sufficient to hold them together.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 10 Apr. 2026
To tune in to distant galaxies and other faraway objects, astronomers would need an antenna somewhere with no atmosphere that also would be somehow protected from all our terrestrial chatter.
—Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 8 Apr. 2026
There are billions of galaxies in the universe and each has billions of stars, so the likelihood life developed elsewhere is fairly high, according to University of Michigan Astronomy Professor Edwin Bergin, who teaches about looking for life elsewhere.
—ABC News, 4 Apr. 2026
Students learn about astronomy – understanding constellations, planets, stars, galaxies and the expanding universe – all while playing this video game.
—Jane Charlton, The Conversation, 1 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, on grander scales, older stars across the Universe run out of fuel and die, new episodes of star-formation are triggered, and the Universe continues to expand, driving individual galaxies, groups of galaxies, and clusters of galaxies mutually apart, faster and faster, as time goes on.
—Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
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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With the cuteness of a Mary Jane shoe and the comfort and support of sneakers, these shoes are the best of both worlds.—
Caroline Hughes,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Apr. 2026
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A-list rock stars from Rage Against the Machine and underground peers like N8NOFACE have lauded them, and the fine art and film worlds have noticed too.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Apr. 2026
Noun
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To date, this represents the largest-scale direct test of MOND, with scales ranging between 30 Mpc (about 100 million light-years) to 230 Mpc (about 750 million light-years).—
Big Think,
Big Think,
21 Apr. 2026
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The system studied by the team is known as Cygnus X-1 (Cyg X-1), located 7,000 light-years away and one of the brightest sources of X-rays in the sky.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Galaxies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/galaxies. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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