A galaxy is

1.a huge rotating aggregation of stars, gas, and other debris held together by gravity.
2.a large diffuse cloud of gas.
3.what forms in the center of a cloudlike sphere of gases that flattens and condenses.
4.a thin cloud from which a sun and planets can form.


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