Giant elliptical galaxies like IC 1101 contain trillions of stars, making them among the largest known galaxies in the universe; these massive structures formed through repeated mergers with smaller galaxies over billions of years, with each collision adding more stars, gas, and dark matter to build enormous cosmic structures.
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Our Milky Way contains hundreds of billions of stars. That number already sounds ridiculous, but some galaxies are much larger. Giant elliptical galaxies like IC 1101 [music] may contain trillions of stars, making them among the largest known galaxies in the universe. These galaxies likely became so huge through repeated mergers with [music] smaller galaxies over billions of years. Every collision added more stars, gas, and dark [music] matter, slowly building enormous cosmic structures.
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