How do you think other galaxies might be similar or different from the Milky Way Galaxy?

Going off of our own galaxy, one could assume that the universe is filled with other planets, moons, and stars. The interesting thing to me would be the shape of the Milky Way. It would be interesting to see how other galaxies have formed. As in, are they spherical, oblong, in the shape of a square?

There are also endless possibilities for undiscovered metal alloys in space, which is very exciting to me. The idea of space mining has been brought up many times before, but if there are new and useful metals, precious gems, or minerals that are yet to be discovered outside of the milky way, they could help restore Earth.

a pan containing water is placed in a positio n where it is exposed to a 10 mile per hour wind. the pan contains a uniform depth of 1.27 cm of water, is quite wide, and has a length of 2.44 m in the wind direction. the water in the pan is at a constant temperature of 15.5 °c.