as in interstellar
existing or occurring between galaxies
They loved any movie about intergalactic space travel.
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Recent Examples of intergalactic
With space sonics and hued visuals, families can take their kids on intergalactic adventures where memories are made, and cinematic stories transmute into life stories.
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Malik Peay, USA Today, 10 Dec. 2025
These collisions create ideal conditions for star formation, fueling both the LMC's glowing nebulae and the star-rich structures that span the intergalactic space between the clouds.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 3 Dec. 2025
When gas-rich galaxies speed rapidly through the intergalactic medium in a rich galaxy group or a massive galaxy cluster, tails of stars can often be seen trailing behind them.
—Big Think, 18 Nov. 2025
Space tourism may be inching closer, but until off-planet travel is within reach for everyone, the best way to dive into all things intergalactic is to visit a space museum.
—Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 8 Nov. 2025
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Malik Peay, USA Today, 10 Dec. 2025
These collisions create ideal conditions for star formation, fueling both the LMC's glowing nebulae and the star-rich structures that span the intergalactic space between the clouds.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 3 Dec. 2025
When gas-rich galaxies speed rapidly through the intergalactic medium in a rich galaxy group or a massive galaxy cluster, tails of stars can often be seen trailing behind them.
—Big Think, 18 Nov. 2025
Space tourism may be inching closer, but until off-planet travel is within reach for everyone, the best way to dive into all things intergalactic is to visit a space museum.
—Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 8 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intergalactic
interstellar
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The trio makes the decision to make a break from the Greenland shelter and head south towards France and the location of the Clarke interstellar comet crater.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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Ever since it was first spotted hurtling through the solar system, Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb has maintained that there’s a chance mysterious interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is a technological object sent by an extraterrestrial civilization.—
Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Intergalactic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intergalactic. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.
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