How to Use galaxy in a Sentence

galaxy

noun
  • The event was attended by a galaxy of artists.
  • The galaxy is twice the length of the Milky Way galaxy.
    Discover Magazine, 6 Feb. 2024
  • The Milk Way is the galaxy our solar system calls home.
    Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 5 June 2023
  • The jet is longer than the galaxy that contains it, stretching for 5,000 light-years.
    Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Apr. 2023
  • In the middle of this patch is the nearby active galaxy NGC 1068.
    Thomas Lewton, Quanta Magazine, 29 June 2023
  • In our own galaxy, this may even happen a few times a year, per the paper.
    Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 May 2023
  • All the stories take place at different points of time in the galaxy far, far away.
    Scottie Andrew, CNN, 4 May 2023
  • Watch as the galaxy ball spins and puts on a bright and colorful light display.
    Talia Connor, Rolling Stone, 7 Dec. 2023
  • The burst had gone off in the heart of an ancient galaxy where star births and deaths (in the form of supernovas) had ceased eons ago.
    Quanta Magazine, 13 Dec. 2023
  • This fall bodycon dress is a galaxy of sparkle, with a cowl neck that adds a touch of vintage flair.
    Mia Meltzer, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2023
  • With the vast galaxy landscape the show explores, Britell discussed themes with Gilroy.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Chandra’s data pointed to the presence of a black hole in a galaxy called UHZ1.
    Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Star-hop along the Milky Way This is one of my favorite times of the year to enjoy the spectacle of our home galaxy.
    Geoff Chester, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2023
  • In doing so, Lothal is saved, but Ezra and Thrawn end up missing in an unknown part of the galaxy.
    William Goodman, Men's Health, 23 Aug. 2023
  • But how did these two superstars make their way to a galaxy far, far away?
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 8 Apr. 2023
  • The sound swells near Sagittarius A*, the black hole at the galaxy’s center, seen in the lower right region of the image.
    Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Nov. 2023
  • There isn’t one star, or one galaxy, or one hydrogen atom in the cosmos.
    Popular Mechanics, 8 Sep. 2023
  • But the brightest star in that galaxy was always Barry.
    Justine Browning, EW.com, 22 Apr. 2023
  • It’s made of galaxies in much the same way as your body is made of microscopic cells.
    Popular Mechanics, 6 June 2023
  • One-third of the world’s population can’t see the starry band of light in the night sky that makes up the Milky Way—the vast spiraled arms of our own galaxy.
    Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Apr. 2023
  • And human broadcasts aren’t the only source of radio emissions in the galaxy.
    Popular Mechanics, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The find, announced Wednesday, can help explain how solar systems across the Milky Way galaxy came to be.
    CBS News, 30 Nov. 2023
  • There’s also a scarab-like object that, once upon a time, rocketed through the galaxy and fell to Earth.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The star forming regions in our galaxy aren’t producing stars at quite the breakneck pace as N79.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Huge window pane size pieces of glass that hold thousands, if not millions of points of light that represent stars and the rest of our galaxy.
    Lucy Evans, Scientific American, 22 June 2023
  • One image, for example, depicts the center of our own galaxy, the Milky Way.
    Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Nov. 2023
  • At the same time, the black hole would also succumb to death since its source of nourishment would vanish along with its host galaxy.
    Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Because of this, Ye and co classify the Milky Way as a multiple arm galaxy.
    The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Donald Glover is taking Star Wars back to its home galaxy — the cinema.
    Vulture, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Star Wars fanatics can get a taste of a galaxy far, far away in the form of the Scum and Villainy Cantina where bar bites are centered around the film franchise.
    People Staff, Peoplemag, 18 Apr. 2023

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