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What is the Local Group of Galaxies?

What is the Local Group of Galaxies?

Update: 2022-05-10
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A brief description of the Local Group of galaxies which contains the Milky Way, the Andromeda galaxy, and dozens of dwarf galaxies all gravitationally bound to each other.

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What is the Local Group of Galaxies?

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