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The Largest Galaxy in the Universe: IC 1101

Written by Michael Awada on . Posted in Science, Technology

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IC 1101

And you thought Felix Baumgartner’s stratospheric leap made you feel small.

We’re discovering incredible facts about the universe seemingly everyday. We think the universe is 13.7 billions years old and it is currently expanding. There are theories that the universe could be infinite, and theories that there could be multiple universes. For our purposes today, we’re going to stick with just the facts, and talk a little bit about the largest galaxy known to man, the creatively named IC 1101!