Sunny Priyan
Elliptical galaxies are the biggest and most common galaxies in our universe.
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The shapes of these galaxies range from circular to very elongated.
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Galaxies are thought to form and grow by collisions and mergers, and elliptical galaxies may be the ultimate result of this process, which explains why they are so abundant.
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The largest and rarest of these galaxies - known as giant ellipticals - are about 300,000 light-years across.
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Compared to other types of galaxies, elliptical galaxies have smaller portions of gas and dust, contain older stars, and don’t form many new stars.
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More commonly spotted are dwarf ellipticals, which in comparison are only a few thousand light-years wide.
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