Memory Alpha
Register
Advertisement
Memory Alpha
Milky Way Galaxy, astrometrics

A depiction of the Milky Way Galaxy as seen in the astrometrics lab aboard USS Voyager

For additional meanings of "Galaxy", please see 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. (ENT: "First Flight")

By 2266, it was estimated that three trillion galaxies existed in the universe. (TOS: "Balance of Terror")

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. (VOY: "Author, Author")

In 2401, galaxy was listed as one of the results in Raffaela Musiker's search for the "red lady". (PIC: "The Next Generation")

List of galaxies[]

See also[]

External links[]

Advertisement