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    Galaxies are sprawling systems composed of stars, dust, gas, and dark matter held together by gravity. There are three main types of galaxies: elliptical galaxies which are flattened balls of mostly old stars, spiral galaxies with a central bulge and spiral arms of young stars, and irregular galaxies with no defined shape. Our solar system is located in the Milky Way galaxy, one of billions in the universe, each containing millions or trillions of stars.

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    Galaxies are sprawling systems composed of stars, dust, gas, and dark matter held together by gravity. There are three main types of galaxies: elliptical galaxies which are flattened balls of mostly old stars, spiral galaxies with a central bulge and spiral arms of young stars, and irregular galaxies with no defined shape. Our solar system is located in the Milky Way galaxy, one of billions in the universe, each containing millions or trillions of stars.

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    Galaxies are sprawling systems composed of stars, dust, gas, and dark matter held together by gravity. There are three main types of galaxies: elliptical galaxies which are flattened balls of mostly old stars, spiral galaxies with a central bulge and spiral arms of young stars, and irregular galaxies with no defined shape. Our solar system is located in the Milky Way galaxy, one of billions in the universe, each containing millions or trillions of stars.

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    Galaxy

    A galaxy is a sprawling space system which is composed of stars, dust, interstellar gas,
    stellar remnants, and dark matter and all held together by gravity. The word ‘Galaxy’ is
    termed from the Greek word ‘galaxies‘. It is tough to tell how big the universe is! The
    universe has many galaxies, and each carries millions of stars which are bounded by a
    unique force known as gravitational force. There are approximately 70,000 million stars in
    the universe. The solar system where our earth exists is in the Milky Way Galaxy.
    Galaxies differ from each other in shape, size, colour and composition.

    Types of Galaxy

    There are three types of galaxies that we find in the universe.

    Elliptical Galaxies
    These type of galaxies are like flattened balls of old stars and contain very little gas.
    It also includes the most massive galaxies containing a trillion stars.

    Spiral Galaxies
    Spiral galaxies have a flattened shape. They have a bulge in the centre composed of
    old stars surrounded by a disk of young stars and are arranged in spiral arms.

    Irregular Galaxies
    As its name suggests, Irregular Galaxies have no particular shape.

    Fun Facts
    There are billions of galaxies in the universe, the centre of the galaxy releases a
    huge amount of heat, radiation, radio waves and x-rays.
    Galaxies are too far from us, that is, a spacecraft that moves with a speed of 60,000
    km/hr reaches Alpha Centauri Galaxy which is 4.2 light-years after 80,000 years. The
    Milky Way Galaxy includes the sun, earth, and our solar system. It contains dust
    particles, huge clouds, and gases that lie throughout it and depths of interstellar
    space. The term Milky Way refers to the large portion of the Milky Way galaxy that
    can be seen from earth as well
    The scientist Edwin Hubble showed that there exist many galaxies beyond our Milky
    Way. In 1990, NASA, the American space agency launched the 'Hubble Telescope in
    the orbit of the earth. The Hubble telescope has made it easier to look for stars, to
    take photographs and to obtain spectrums.

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