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What is a galaxy?


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  1. Galaxy: A galaxy is nothing but a collection of billions of stars, gas, dust, planets, solar systems, comets, asteroids, and other celestial bodies.
  2. A galaxy contains approximately 150,000 million stars.
  3. One such galaxy is the milky way.
  4. It is a spiral galaxy and home to our earth and solar system.

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