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extragalactic
[ ek-struh-guh-lak-tik ]
/ ˌɛk strə gəˈlæk tɪk /
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adjective
outside the Milky Way system.
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How to use extragalactic in a sentence
In 2018, Di Stefano and astrophysicist Nia Imara of the University of California, Santa Cruz suggested searching for planets around extragalactic X-ray binaries.
Astronomers may have spotted the first known exoplanet in another galaxy|Lisa Grossman|October 25, 2021|Science NewsThe object’s existence, if confirmed, suggests that there could be many other extragalactic exoplanets waiting to be discovered, astronomers report October 25 in Nature Astronomy.
Astronomers may have spotted the first known exoplanet in another galaxy|Lisa Grossman|October 25, 2021|Science News
British Dictionary definitions for extragalactic
extragalactic
/ (ˌɛkstrəɡəˈlæktɪk) /
adjective
occurring or existing beyond the Galaxy
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