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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, 27 Feb. 2026
Studying this region of the Milky Way can offer clues as to how galaxies like our own formed, said Steve Longmore, an astrophysicist at Liverpool John Moores University in England, in the same statement.
—Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 26 Feb. 2026
One aspect of the universe this approach allowed the team to study was the rates of star birth in millions of galaxies.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 25 Feb. 2026
My novel about a family of artists reckoning with war, exile, and historical legacies felt galaxies away from diamond-clutching confessionals and slow-motion shots of women stepping out of limousines.
—Literary Hub, 24 Feb. 2026
What This Means Going Forward The discovery opens a new window into how astronomers search for galaxies too faint to spot through traditional methods.
—Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 23 Feb. 2026
The galaxies will dissociate and disappear, leaving only isolated masses expanding away from one another, with no energy left to extract.
—Big Think, 20 Feb. 2026
Grillmair’s work had focused on uncovering the structure of the Milky Way, identifying faint stellar streams and substructures that make up the galactic halo surrounding our spiral galaxy, and helping reshape our understanding of how galaxies evolve, according to his website.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
The 360-degree views of the lake and mountains from the summit are vast, with the Milky Way on full display overhead and the chance to see constellations only visible in the Southern Hemisphere, such as Crux and the Magellanic Clouds—two faraway galaxies visible with the naked eye.
—Megan Eaves, Outside, 20 Feb. 2026
Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2026
Studying this region of the Milky Way can offer clues as to how galaxies like our own formed, said Steve Longmore, an astrophysicist at Liverpool John Moores University in England, in the same statement.
—Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 26 Feb. 2026
One aspect of the universe this approach allowed the team to study was the rates of star birth in millions of galaxies.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 25 Feb. 2026
My novel about a family of artists reckoning with war, exile, and historical legacies felt galaxies away from diamond-clutching confessionals and slow-motion shots of women stepping out of limousines.
—Literary Hub, 24 Feb. 2026
What This Means Going Forward The discovery opens a new window into how astronomers search for galaxies too faint to spot through traditional methods.
—Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 23 Feb. 2026
The galaxies will dissociate and disappear, leaving only isolated masses expanding away from one another, with no energy left to extract.
—Big Think, 20 Feb. 2026
Grillmair’s work had focused on uncovering the structure of the Milky Way, identifying faint stellar streams and substructures that make up the galactic halo surrounding our spiral galaxy, and helping reshape our understanding of how galaxies evolve, according to his website.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
The 360-degree views of the lake and mountains from the summit are vast, with the Milky Way on full display overhead and the chance to see constellations only visible in the Southern Hemisphere, such as Crux and the Magellanic Clouds—two faraway galaxies visible with the naked eye.
—Megan Eaves, Outside, 20 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for galaxies
Noun
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The revelation that Maas has three or four complete unpublished manuscripts for entirely different series on her computer speaks to the prolific nature of her creative output and raises the possibility that readers may someday have access to entirely new worlds from the author.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Mar. 2026
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This question, which references concepts from Maas’s book worlds, received the most evasive response of the entire segment.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Located some 104 light-years from Earth, eta Ursa Majoris is one of the brightest stars in the constellation Great Bear (Ursa Major).—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
3 Mar. 2026
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Inside lurk gas structures that span many dozens of light-years and the smaller clouds that envelope stars.—
Claire Cameron,
Scientific American,
26 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Galaxies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/galaxies. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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