as in world
a huge physical or conceptual distance
they're a galaxy apart when it comes to politics
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Researchers noticed a small sample of these galaxies with unusual-looking star clusters at their centers.
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 10 Apr. 2025
In theory, those same (or analogous) conditions could occur elsewhere in the Universe as well, perhaps even ubiquitously if the conditions that existed on Earth billions of years ago exist on many other planets in the galaxy at present.
—Big Think, 10 Apr. 2025
The results of the Nagoya University study, published in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, show that the stars inside the SMC move in opposite directions on either side of the galaxy, as though they are being pulled apart.
—Daniel R. Depetris, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Apr. 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
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 10 Apr. 2025
In theory, those same (or analogous) conditions could occur elsewhere in the Universe as well, perhaps even ubiquitously if the conditions that existed on Earth billions of years ago exist on many other planets in the galaxy at present.
—Big Think, 10 Apr. 2025
The results of the Nagoya University study, published in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, show that the stars inside the SMC move in opposite directions on either side of the galaxy, as though they are being pulled apart.
—Daniel R. Depetris, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Apr. 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
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“Galaxy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/galaxy. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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