Galaxies is a puzzle about symmetry. The grid is sprinkled with dots — some in the middle of a square, some on a line between two squares, some on a corner where four squares meet.
Split the whole grid into galaxies so that each galaxy has exactly one dot, and spinning it half a turn around that dot gives exactly the same shape.
Every square has a partner on the other side of its dot. That one idea — if this square is in, so is its mirror — solves the whole puzzle.
Split the grid into galaxies, each holding one dot and looking the same after a half turn around it.
The full guide, with a worked example and common mistakes: How to play Galaxies.
No — any shape works as long as it looks the same after a half turn around its dot. Many are rectangles, crosses or zig-zags.
When you paint a square, the matching square on the opposite side of the dot is painted too.
Yes — every puzzle here is checked to have exactly one way to split the grid.
Open the Galaxies Solver, click where the dots are and press Solve.