This is a list of largest galaxies known, sorted by order of increasing major axis diameters. The unit of measurement used is the light-year (approximately 9.46 × 10 12 kilometers).

Jun 9, 2023 · To date, the biggest galaxy that has been discovered is IC 1101. IC 1101 is classified as a supergiant elliptical galaxy, and it looks far different than the Milky Way. As an …

4 days ago · Alcyoneus is, as of Feb 2022, the largest known galaxy in the universe. It is believed to be over 16 Million Light Years across and is over 3 billion light years from the Earth.

Dec 4, 2018 · IC 1101 is the largest galaxy in the observable universe. This supergiant elliptical galaxy is estimated to be around 2000 times larger than our Milky Way Galaxy, and also …

Dec 9, 2024 · This galaxy, UGC 2885, also known as Rubin’s galaxy, is the largest spiral galaxy ever discovered, and possesses about 10 times as many stars as the Milky Way.

Feb 4, 2025 · IC 1101 is the biggest known galaxy, stretching 6 million light-years across and it is nearly 60 times wider than the Milky Way. This huuge giant is actually an elliptical galaxy, …

IC 1101, a supergiant elliptical galaxy residing some 1.07 billion light-years away in the Abell 2029 galaxy cluster, dominates the cosmic stage. Credit: NASA/ESA/Hubble Space Telescope

Jul 28, 2023 · And yet, there are galaxies out there that are more than 17 times larger. In this article, we’ll take a look at the largest galaxies in the universe in order starting from the biggest …

Feb 17, 2022 · At 16.3 million light-years wide, the Alcyoneus galaxy has a diameter 160 times wider than the Milky Way and four times that of the previous title holder, IC 1101, which spans …

Feb 15, 2022 · "We have discovered what is in projection the largest known structure made by a single galaxy – a giant radio galaxy with a projected proper length [of] 4.99 ± 0.04 megaparsecs.