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If you mean 'Are there any distant galaxies embedded within the Milky Way, the answer is no. Distant galaxies are completely separate from the Milky Way, and many can be seen through telescopes. A small number appear as stars to the naked eye. Everything we see, we see through the Milky Way, since it is the galaxy we live in. It is all around us; we cannot avoid looking through it. Some parts of the Milky Way, especially near the center, are so dense with clouds of dust and stars that we can't see much behind it. Apart from that, we can peer into deep space in pretty much any direction.

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Actually, the answer might be "Yes!" Recent researches indicate that galaxies often collide, and sometimes merge. Some somewhat controversial research indicates that our Milky Way may be a sort of "predator galaxy" which "eats" other smaller galaxies. At least one astronomer claims to have found traces of four other galaxies that have been absorbed into the Milky Way!

However, they wouldn't be especially "distant" because they would now be _part of_ the Milky Way.

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