Galaxy

A galaxy is a dense grouping of stars, held together by powerful gravitational attraction. Because of the extreme distance between galaxies, most of the lifeforms known to science were in Earth's home galaxy, the Milky Way. There was limited contact with objects, forces, and life from outside the Milky Way, however.
The mission insignia for Apollo 17 in the 20th century depicted a galaxy in the design. ()
By 2266, it was estimated that three trillion galaxies existed in the universe. ()
In 2378, Captain Kathryn Janeway told Lieutenant Reginald Barclay that he earned a place in the history books for establishing the first trans-galactic com-link during Operation Watson. Barclay claimed he couldn't take all the credit since Harry Kim and Seven of Nine suggested bouncing a tachyon beam off of a quantum singularity to make it work. ()
In 2401, galaxy was listed as one of the results in Raffaela Musiker's search for the "red lady". ()
== List of galaxies ==
* Andromeda Galaxy
* Large Magellanic Cloud
* Messier 32
* Messier 110
* Milky Way Galaxy
* Small Magellanic Cloud
* Triangulum Galaxy
* NGC 2812
* Vernal Galaxy
== See also ==
* Galactic Wars
* Stellar cartography
==External links==
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