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The Universe: Local Supercluster of Galaxies
The Local Supercluster of galaxies (also know as the Virgo Supercluster) is the irregular supercluster that contains the Local Group of galaxies, which in turn contains the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies. At least 100 galaxy groups and clusters are located within its diameter of 33 megaparsecs (110 million light-years).
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I. Introduction The Sun is a huge, glowing ball at the center of our solar system. The sun provides light, heat, and other energy to Earth. The sun is made up entirely of gas. Most of it is a type of...
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