Galaxies in fiction

Galaxies other than the Milky Way are popular settings for creators of science fiction, particularly those working with broad-scale space opera settings. Among the most common settings are the Andromeda Galaxy, the Magellanic Clouds, and the Triangulum Galaxy, all part of the Local Group close to the Milky Way, and in the cases of Andromeda and Triangulum the Local Group's two largest other galaxies. The difficulties involved in crossing the immense distances between galaxies are often overlooked in this type of science fiction.

M31 ('Andromeda Galaxy')

Andromeda Galaxy, a spiral galaxy in the Local Group, imaged in ultraviolet light

The Andromeda Galaxy has appeared in a number of science fiction works, as a source of alien life forms that invade the Milky Way galaxy, or as a setting for alien worlds and territories. Examples include the following:

Literature

Comics

Film and television

Games

Music

Large Magellanic Cloud

Small Magellanic Cloud

In the nearby galaxy, the Small Magellanic Cloud, a massive star has exploded as a supernova, and begun to dissipate its interior into a spectacular display of colorful filaments.

M33 ('Triangulum Galaxy')

'Pegasus Galaxy'

M51 ('Whirlpool Galaxy')

M81

Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte Galaxy

Fictional galaxies

Notes

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  4. Pirates of M81 Galaxy, Captain's Log #41, (ADB, 2010)
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  6. Star Fleet Battles Omega Master Rulebook. Amarillo: Amarillo Design Bureau, Inc. 2007.
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