Of the two dozen nearest galaxies, only one - the giant spiral Andromeda - is bigger than the Milky Way.

Ms. Jimenez's laid down white masking tape on the pavement in a giant spiral.

- a giant spiral of two curving arms, seen at an angle.

It is possible to make out the Galaxy's structure, you see: to witness that we are embedded in a giant spiral of stars-even with the naked eye.

At 1,500 feet long, the giant spiral is large enough to be seen in photographs taken from space.

You do know that the galaxy is in the form of a giant spiral?

The nearest full-size galaxy to ours is the giant spiral known to astronomers as M-31, the "Great Nebula in Andromeda," which is more than 2 million light years away.

Wright envisioned an "easy downward drift of the viewer on the giant spiral," and until 1992, that's what it was.

Eventually, a giant spiral, resembling the metal construction of the material evils, appears in the sky, and the police evacuate a section of the city.

Its long, swept-back wings described a giant spiral around the body of the speeding plane, which flew briefly upside down in its slow, languid roll.