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2 ALL space and everything that is in it.
Universe ALL space and everything that is in it.

3 Supercluster Virgo

4 Our Cluster or Galaxy Group Local Group

5 A giant structure that contains hundreds of billions of stars.
Galaxy A giant structure that contains hundreds of billions of stars.

6 Spiral Galaxy A galaxy whose arms curve outward in a pinwheel pattern. Contains solar systems and nebulae (gas and dust). Our Galaxy: MILKY WAY

7 Spiral Galaxy

8 A galaxy shaped like a flattened ball, containing only old stars.
Elliptical Galaxy A galaxy shaped like a flattened ball, containing only old stars. Example: M87 galaxy

9 Elliptical Galaxies

10 Irregular Galaxy A galaxy that does not have a regular shape.
Example: The Large Magellanic Cloud

11 Irregular Galaxy

12 MILKY WAY the Earth's galaxy: the spiral galaxy to which Earth and its solar system belong

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15 Solar System Our star (Sun), the planets, many moons, and other small bodies that ALL travel around the Sun

16 Solar System

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