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A large group of stars, gas, dust, and other bodies that are bound together gravitationally. Our Milky Way is a galaxy. Most galaxies are one of three types: spiral galaxies, elliptical galaxies, and irregular galaxies.

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PHANGS-ALMA Survey: NGC1566
PHANGS-ALMA Survey: NGC1566more_horiz
PHANGS-ALMA Survey: NGC0628
PHANGS-ALMA Survey: NGC0628more_horiz
PHANGS-ALMA Survey: NGC1385
PHANGS-ALMA Survey: NGC1385more_horiz
Twenty galaxies in the nearby universe shown as ALMA and Hubble Space Telescope composites. They are shown in orange and red to highlight their different structures, including spirals, rings, S shapes, and more.
PHANGS-ALMA Surveymore_horiz
NGC 4535 is a grand design spiral galaxy with stellar bar morphology, s-shaped in red, orange, white and some purple elements shown in this composite
PHANGS-ALMA Survey: NGC4535more_horiz
PHANGS-ALMA Survey: NGC4321
PHANGS-ALMA Survey: NGC4321more_horiz
PHANGS-ALMA Survey: NGC3627
PHANGS-ALMA Survey: NGC3627more_horiz
PHANGS-ALMA Survey: NGC5248
PHANGS-ALMA Survey: NGC5248more_horiz
PHANGS-ALMA Survey: NGC3351
PHANGS-ALMA Survey: NGC3351more_horiz
Artist’s animation of a dusty, rotating distant galaxy
Artist’s animation of a dusty, rotating distant galaxymore_horiz
Artist’s illustration of a dusty, rotating distant galaxy
Artist’s illustration of a dusty, rotating distant galaxymore_horiz
Magnetic Field of a Spiral Galaxy
Magnetic Field of a Spiral Galaxymore_horiz
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EHT image of quasar 3C 279
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M81 in Radiomore_horiz
Artist impression of distant, dusty galaxy
Artist impression of distant, dusty galaxymore_horiz
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