Galaxies come in a never ending variety of sizes!
Out of the billions of galaxies in the universe, some are very small with only a few million stars, while others are huge with over 400 BILLION stars!
They also come in a huge range of shapes, including Elliptical, Spiral and Irregular.
Elliptical Galaxies are generally the largest in the universe but spiral galaxies are often teeming with bright new stars – those dusty arms that make up the spiral actually cause new stars and planets to grow.
Irregular galaxies make up only about 5% of all galaxies so theyโre the rarest type.
And the most common… they’re called spiral galaxies
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