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a huge physical or conceptual distance
they're a galaxy apart when it comes to politics
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Then, on cosmic timescales, gravitational collapse occurred, giving rise to stars, galaxies, heavy elements, rocky planets, a cosmic web, and eventually life.
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Big Think, 10 Dec. 2024
Interacting galaxies, however, become tidally disrupted, vastly increasing their extent.
—Big Think, 9 Dec. 2024
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.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Dec. 2024
In situ spheroid formation in distant submillimetre-bright galaxies NASA.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
Uchida stopped time, opening vistas of a universe full of starry galaxies.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
On a clear night, the sky is full of bright objects – from stars, large planets, and galaxies to tiny asteroids flying near Earth.
—Toshi Hirabayashi, Discover Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
Scientists like us study them to understand how gravity works and how galaxies form.
—Jonathan Zrake, Discover Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
These galaxies emit energy from their nucleus, or center – called the active galactic nucleus.
—Jonathan Zrake, Discover Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
Big Think, 10 Dec. 2024
Interacting galaxies, however, become tidally disrupted, vastly increasing their extent.
—Big Think, 9 Dec. 2024
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.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Dec. 2024
In situ spheroid formation in distant submillimetre-bright galaxies NASA.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
Uchida stopped time, opening vistas of a universe full of starry galaxies.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
On a clear night, the sky is full of bright objects – from stars, large planets, and galaxies to tiny asteroids flying near Earth.
—Toshi Hirabayashi, Discover Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
Scientists like us study them to understand how gravity works and how galaxies form.
—Jonathan Zrake, Discover Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
These galaxies emit energy from their nucleus, or center – called the active galactic nucleus.
—Jonathan Zrake, Discover Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Galaxies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/galaxies. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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