Phrase Hound found 56 phrases and 12 compound words that contain galaxy. The most common are listed below. Open galaxy in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 56
- spiral galaxyA galaxy consisting of a number of arms of younger stars that spiral out from the center containing older ones.
- Andromeda GalaxyA spiral galaxy in the Local Group and closest to the Milky Way, visible to the naked eye in the constellation of Andromeda, the brightest of the Messier objects and often referred to by its designation M31.
- irregular galaxyA galaxy which is has no spirals and is not elliptical.
- Milky Way GalaxyThe galaxy in which Earth and the rest of the Solar System is located.
- dwarf galaxyAny galaxy, considerably smaller than the Milky Way, that has only several billions of stars.
- Triangulum GalaxyA relatively nearby spiral galaxy in the Local Group, together with the Milky Way galaxy. It is at a distance of approximately 2.6 million light years from Earth, in the direction of the constellation Triangulum, and is also known as M33 …
- galaxy clusterA cluster of hundreds of galaxies.
- galaxy groupA group of galaxies that hold together gravitationally.
- elliptical galaxyA type of galaxy with an approximately ellipsoidal shape and a smooth, nearly featureless image.
- lenticular galaxyA galaxy that, like spiral galaxies, has a flat galactic disc, but which has lost most of its interstellar matter and therefore has no spirals; considered a transitional form between spirals and elliptical galaxies.
- barred spiral galaxyA spiral galaxy with a central bar-shaped structure composed of stars.
- Needle Galaxya spiral galaxy, NGC designation NGC 4565, in the Coma Berenices.
- radio galaxyType of galaxy that is very luminous at radio wavelengths.
- dwarf spheroidal galaxyA faint galaxy, devoid of gas, having a higher than normal proportion of dark matter; especially those that orbit the Milky Way and Andromeda
- Local GalaxySynonym of Milky Way (“our galaxy”).
- galaxy gasNitrous oxide, especially when used recreationally.
- Sausage GalaxySynonym of Gaia-Enceladus: A former galaxy, which merged into the Milky Way Galaxy around ten billion years ago, the remnants of which now form the Gaia Sausage population within the Milky Way Galaxy.
- starburst galaxyA galaxy that is undergoing a high rate of star formation
- galaxy filamentA massive, threadlike formation of gravitationally bound galaxies forming the boundaries between large voids in the universe.
- Enceladus GalaxySynonym of Gaia-Enceladus: A former galaxy, which merged into the Milky Way Galaxy around ten billion years ago, the remnants of which now form the Gaia Sausage population within the Milky Way Galaxy.
- Markarian galaxyAny of a class of galaxies that have nuclei with excessive amounts of ultraviolet emissions.
- active galaxyA galaxy where a significant fraction of the energy output is not emitted by the normal components of a galaxy.
- dark galaxyA type of galaxy containing dark matter but little to no stars.
- galaxy groupsplural of galaxy group: A group of galaxies that hold together gravitationally.
- galaxy wallA subtype of a galaxy filament that has a significantly greater major axis than a minor axis in its crosssection, along the lengthwise axis.
Compound words 12
- metagalaxyAny very large-scale organized collection of galaxies.
- galaxylessWithout galaxies.
- galaxywideThroughout a galaxy.
- supergalaxyA very large, extended cluster of galaxies.
- antigalaxyA conjectured type of galaxy formed from antimatter.
- galaxyfulEnough to fill a galaxy.
- galaxylikeResembling or characteristic of a galaxy.
- galconA hydrodynamic model of galaxy formation.
- gastrophysicsThe physics involved in the formation of galaxies.
- hypergalaxyA system that consists of an enormous galaxy accompanied by multiple, smaller satellite galaxies, often elliptical, such as the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxy.