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Universe vs. Galaxy

Everything that exists versus a single gravitationally bound system of stars.

The comparisoni

✗ Wrong

There are 100 billion universes.

✓ Correct

There are 100 billion galaxies in the observable universe — galaxies are large but finite collections of stars. The universe is everything.

The ruleii

UNIVERSE = all. GALAXY = one cluster.

A GALAXY is one gravitationally bound system of stars (the Milky Way has 100–400 billion stars). The UNIVERSE contains all galaxies — current estimates put it at ~100 billion to 2 trillion observable galaxies.

Memory aidiii

Remember it like this

Universe contains galaxies.

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