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Nuestros astronautas todavía no habrán colonizado toda la galaxia.

Nuestros astronautas todavía no habrán colonizado toda la galaxia.
Our astronauts will not have colonized the whole galaxy yet.
From Lesson 175:The future perfect tense (habré)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about Nuestros astronautas todavía no habrán colonizado toda la galaxia.

How is the verb phrase habrán colonizado formed?
This is the future perfect tense, which tells us what 'will have' happened by a certain point. It is made by combining the future tense of the helper verb haber (here, habrán meaning 'they will have') with the past participle of the main verb (colonizado).
Why are the words todavía no placed before the verb, unlike 'yet' at the end of the English sentence?
In Spanish, adverb phrases like todavía no (not yet or still not) often go right before the verb they modify. More importantly, the negative word no must always go directly before the conjugated helper verb (habrán). You can never insert words between the helper verb haber and the past participle (colonizado).
Could I say toda galaxia instead of toda la galaxia?
Leaving out the article changes the meaning. To say 'the whole galaxy' or 'all of the galaxy', you must use toda plus the definite article la before the noun. If you drop the la and just say toda galaxia, it means 'every galaxy'.

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