There was nothing in the galaxy so far known that could stop a human survey party.
It contains some of the many interacting and merging galaxies known in our relatively nearby universe.
The excitement among astronomers was heightened by the discovery, announced last month, of the oldest and most distant galaxy yet known.
The primary galaxy in the cluster is one of the most luminous galaxies known in terms of X-ray emissions.
Standard Galactic Basic - the language used throughout the human settled galaxy, also known simply as Basic.
The galaxy, known as NGC 4911, contains rich lanes of dust and gas near its center.
Galador was located in a galaxy known only as "The Golden Galaxy."
This threat would be revealed in the book as an alien species from another galaxy known as the Yuuzhan Vong.
They may be a local (and recent) version of the faint blue galaxies known to exist in deep field galaxy surveys.
Detailed analyses indicate that the central galaxy, also known as 3C 348, is actually over 1,000 times more massive (approx.