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Spiral galaxies like the Milky Way are surprisingly rare. Astronomers may finally know why.

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The Milky Way si Milky Way a galaxy cluster on the Supergalactic Plane.

But other spiral galaxies are surprisingly rare along this gigantic plane, while bright elliptical galaxies are far more common.

the Supergalactic Plane latio billion helped astronomers finally answer why.

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