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a huge physical or conceptual distance
they're a galaxy apart when it comes to politics
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While many galaxies copiously form stars, the Milky Way is relatively quiet.
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Big Think, 23 Dec. 2024
Our galactic home in the cosmos — the Milky Way — is only one of trillions of galaxies within our Universe.
—Big Think, 23 Dec. 2024
Its bodysuits, bras, thongs, and corsets come in playful, nostalgic patterns and prints—rainbows, galaxies, plaid, pasta, and roses—with unexpected features like detachable sleeves.
—Malia Griggs, Glamour, 20 Dec. 2024
However, the actual universe is far more complex, with galaxies organized into a cosmic web of filaments and clusters, interspersed with vast empty voids.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 20 Dec. 2024
This diamond is capable of amplifying weak microwave signals coming from deep-space objects like pulsars, galaxies, or even distant spacecraft like Voyager 1.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 20 Dec. 2024
But upon closer inspection, those little lights aren't only stars, but also entire galaxies that are far beyond the star cluster.
—Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 19 Dec. 2024
Then, on cosmic timescales, gravitational collapse occurred, giving rise to stars, galaxies, heavy elements, rocky planets, a cosmic web, and eventually life.
—Big Think, 10 Dec. 2024
Interacting galaxies, however, become tidally disrupted, vastly increasing their extent.
—Big Think, 9 Dec. 2024
Big Think, 23 Dec. 2024
Our galactic home in the cosmos — the Milky Way — is only one of trillions of galaxies within our Universe.
—Big Think, 23 Dec. 2024
Its bodysuits, bras, thongs, and corsets come in playful, nostalgic patterns and prints—rainbows, galaxies, plaid, pasta, and roses—with unexpected features like detachable sleeves.
—Malia Griggs, Glamour, 20 Dec. 2024
However, the actual universe is far more complex, with galaxies organized into a cosmic web of filaments and clusters, interspersed with vast empty voids.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 20 Dec. 2024
This diamond is capable of amplifying weak microwave signals coming from deep-space objects like pulsars, galaxies, or even distant spacecraft like Voyager 1.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 20 Dec. 2024
But upon closer inspection, those little lights aren't only stars, but also entire galaxies that are far beyond the star cluster.
—Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 19 Dec. 2024
Then, on cosmic timescales, gravitational collapse occurred, giving rise to stars, galaxies, heavy elements, rocky planets, a cosmic web, and eventually life.
—Big Think, 10 Dec. 2024
Interacting galaxies, however, become tidally disrupted, vastly increasing their extent.
—Big Think, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Galaxies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/galaxies. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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