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In astronomy, a cluster of about 36 galaxies
that includes our own, the Milky Way. Like
other groups of galaxies, the Local Group is
held together by the gravitational attraction
among its members, and does not expand with
the expanding universe. Its two largest
galaxies are the Milky Way and the Andromeda
galaxy; most of the others are small and
faint.