extragalactic
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of extragalactic
Example Sentences
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The research, published today in Nature Astronomy, introduces a new way to study how distant galaxies develop and establishes an emerging field known as "extragalactic archaeology."
From Science Daily • Mar. 23, 2026
Last year, IceCube physicists reported 79 neutrinos coming from the heart of a nearby galaxy called NGC 1068, the first steady source of extragalactic neutrinos pinpointed.
From Science Magazine • Jun. 21, 2023
An extragalactic outburst whose light hurtled through the inner solar system last fall was 70 times brighter than any other such eruption that scientists have observed, researchers report.
From Scientific American • Mar. 29, 2023
What began during lockdown as a live multimedia cartoon, about a feline mission to stop extragalactic rats from devouring the moon, is now a hilarious graphic novel.
From New York Times • May 4, 2022
At such a rate, we will reach it in ten billion years, and extragalactic astronomy will then be a great deal easier.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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