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Noun:

  • galaxy a collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc. of which there are billions in the known universe. They usually form spiral or elliptical shapes likely due to a central gravity well (i.e. supermassive black hole), but some form irregular shapes (especially if they are broken away from another galaxy).
  • our ''Milky Way galaxy''

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