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BookmarkThe Local Group (also called M31 group or the Andromeda group) is the group of galaxies that includes our galaxy, the Milky Way.
The group comprises over 30 galaxies, with its gravitational center located somewhere between the Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy..
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Galaxy formation and evolution — The formation of galaxies is still one of the most active research areas in astrophysics; and, to some extent, this is also true for galaxy ... > read moreNote: This page refers to an article that is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the article Local Group at Wikipedia.org. See the Wikipedia copyright page for more details.
