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? asked in Science & MathematicsAstronomy & Space · 4 months ago

Do galaxies within galaxies have galaxies?

The Milky Way has at least twelve galaxies within.  Do any of those galaxies contain galaxies?  How about Andromeda?

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  • Anonymous
    4 months ago
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    The galaxies in the Milky Way are not complete galaxies, they are the remnants of dwarf galaxies the Milky Way has torn apart and engulfed.

    Recent observations of Andromeda seem to suggest it has also devoured some dwarf galaxies.

  • CarolOkla
    Lv 7
    4 months ago

    Yes galaxies do cannibalize other galaxies, but exactly how many galaxies this has happened to we may not know. Galaxies also merge with each other. 

    https://www.space.com/early-milky-way-cannibalism....

  • billrussell42
    Lv 7
    4 months ago

    "The Milky Way has at least twelve galaxies within" FALSE. The Milky Way has some external small galaxies that are gravitationally linked to the Milky Way but they are external to it.

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