Galaxy

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A galaxy is a group of thousands of stars, gas, dust, and dark matter. Galaxies are held together by gravity. Everything in a galaxy moves around a center.

Our Galaxy is called the Milky Way.

There are three main types of galaxies: ellipticals, spirals, and irregulars.

Things bigger than galaxies

Galaxies are grouped together in groups of galaxies.

Groups of galaxies are grouped together in galactic superclusters.