This object may have collided with the "Kraken" prior to the collision that made its Gaia Sausage. A 2023 study found that this object has two, rather than four, instances of a certain structure, which symmetrically bifurcate farther out. A "stream" of high-velocity clouds occurs between this object and its largest satellites. The Fermi gamma-ray telescope saw that this object is sandwiched by two enormous "bubbles" of ionized gas. This object creates the Zone of Avoidance, a region where observation is impaired by extinction of light. This object's center can be seen through Baade's Window, and Omega Centauri is the largest globular cluster orbiting it. The Large and Small Magellanic Clouds orbit this object, which in 4.3 billion years will collide with Andromeda. For 10 points, name this barred spiral galaxy containing the Solar System. ■END■
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sinecio Morales | Illinois Blue | Missouri B | 68 | 10 |
| Anurag Sodhi | Maryland Gold | California | 75 | -5 |
| Caleb Zhao | Maryland Red | Illinois Orange | 79 | 10 |
| Aldric Benalan | New Jersey A | Asia B | 81 | -5 |
| Agastya Kalagarla | New Jersey B | Pennsylvania | 112 | 10 |
| Braden Booth | Missouri A | Kentucky B | 113 | 10 |
| Ras-D Ahnutae | Ohio | Virginia | 114 | 10 |
| Ty Bishop | Arkansas | Kentucky A | 122 | 10 |
| Arthur Zhang | Asia B | New Jersey A | 122 | 10 |
| Silas Curtis | Illinois White | Liberia | 128 | 10 |