as in world
a huge physical or conceptual distance
they're a galaxy apart when it comes to politics
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Some cosmic rays come from the sun, some from elsewhere in our Milky Way, and others, called extragalactic cosmic rays, trace their origins across vast distances to other galaxies.
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Phil Plait, Scientific American, 3 Apr. 2026
The rate at which the universe is expanding is called the Hubble constant, named after astronomer Edwin Hubble, who, with Milton Humason, showed convincingly that the velocity with which a galaxy was moving away from Earth was proportional to its distance.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
Students learn about astronomy – understanding constellations, planets, stars, galaxies and the expanding universe – all while playing this video game.
—Jane Charlton, The Conversation, 1 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, on grander scales, older stars across the Universe run out of fuel and die, new episodes of star-formation are triggered, and the Universe continues to expand, driving individual galaxies, groups of galaxies, and clusters of galaxies mutually apart, faster and faster, as time goes on.
—Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
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Phil Plait, Scientific American, 3 Apr. 2026
The rate at which the universe is expanding is called the Hubble constant, named after astronomer Edwin Hubble, who, with Milton Humason, showed convincingly that the velocity with which a galaxy was moving away from Earth was proportional to its distance.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
Students learn about astronomy – understanding constellations, planets, stars, galaxies and the expanding universe – all while playing this video game.
—Jane Charlton, The Conversation, 1 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, on grander scales, older stars across the Universe run out of fuel and die, new episodes of star-formation are triggered, and the Universe continues to expand, driving individual galaxies, groups of galaxies, and clusters of galaxies mutually apart, faster and faster, as time goes on.
—Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for galaxy
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Even when there is little to celebrate in a world marked by barbarity, these events invite us to be together and, briefly, to look, feel, admire, and even disagree within a temporary gathering of images and spaces.—
Raphael Fonseca,
Artforum,
2 Apr. 2026
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Skeletor’s best beats stand as intricate, explosive little worlds that build on ideas he’s been toying with his entire career.—
Dylan Green,
Pitchfork,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Galaxy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/galaxy. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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