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MarkHamillsrightnut t1_iyeiekr wrote

Reply to comment by OtakuMage in Galactic cannibal Andromeda feasts on smaller galaxies, cosmic leftovers reveal by nikola28

I think you're right. According to a quick google search Andromeda has about a trillion stars compared to the estimated 300 billion the Milky Way has.

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SeeTreeMe t1_iyepo2h wrote

It has way more stars but it’s mass could be anywhere from 1.8x ish to actually less than the Milky Way (according to wiki). There’s some pretty big error bars on it.

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