Discover the largest galaxies in the universe - Have you ever stopped to think about how large the universe is? The number of existing galaxies is outrageously high. However, we've compiled the 10 largest galaxies for you to learn more about in the gallery. Check them out.

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10th - NGC 6872 - This is a giant spiral galaxy, also known as the Condor Galaxy.

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10th - NGC 6872 - It is located 212 million light-years from Earth and was discovered by English astronomer John Herschel in 1835.

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10th - NGC 6872 - The galaxy has a diameter of 522,000 light-years, which is five times the size of the Milky Way.

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9th - Malin 1 - This galaxy is located 1.19 billion light-years from Earth.

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9th - Malin 1 - Astronomer David Malin discovered the galaxy in 1986. It has a diameter of 650,000 light-years and it was the first LSB galaxy discovered.

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9th - Malin 1 - The galaxy is continuously growing as it merges with smaller galaxies.

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8th - Comet Galaxy - This galaxy is located in the cluster of the Abell 2667 galaxies and is 3.2 billion light-years from Earth.

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8th - Comet Galaxy - It was detected by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2007.

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8th - Comet Galaxy - It has a length of about 600,000 light-years.

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7th - UGC 2885 - This is an enormous spiral galaxy and is located 310 million light-years from Earth.

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7th - UGC 2885 - It is one of the largest spiral galaxies in the universe with a diameter of about 832,000 light-years.

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7th - UGC 2885 - Its defining characteristic is its giant nuclear center.

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6th - A2261-BCG - The galaxy was detected by the Hubble Space Telescope and is located three billion light-years from Earth.

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6th - A2261-BCG - Its diameter is about one million light-years across and its nucleus spans more than 10,000 light-years.

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6th - A2261-BCG - The nucleus is made up of a large collection of ancient stars.

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5th - NGC 4874 - It was discovered in 1785 by British astronomer Frederick William Herschel I.

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5th - NGC 4874 - It is 350 million light-years from Earth.

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5th - NGC 4874 - There is a massive black hole at its center.

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4th - NGC 4889 - This giant elliptical galaxy is located 308 million light-years from Earth. It was also discovered by British astronomer Frederick William Herschel I in 1785. It has a diameter of 239,000 light-years.

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4th - NGC 4889 - This galaxy also has a black hole at its center, which is between 20 and 124 billion km wide.

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4th - NGC 4889 - The galaxy is made up of multiple smaller galaxies, totaling around 10,000 or more.

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3rd - NGC 262 - Located 202 million light-years from Earth, it is one of the largest known spiral galaxies.

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3rd - NGC 262 - The diameter is around 1.3 million light-years and it contains about 15 trillion stars.

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3rd - NGC 262 - A giant cloud of neutral hydrogen gas that has approximately 50 billion solar masses surrounds the galaxy.

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2nd - Phoenix Cluster - The galaxy belongs to one of the largest groups of galaxies in the universe.

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2nd - Phoenix Cluster - It is located around 5.7 billion light-years from Earth.

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2nd - Phoenix Cluster - It is an enormous conglomeration of about 1,000 galaxies.

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1st - IC 1101 - The IC 1101 is the largest galaxy in the universe. It is elliptical and lenticular with a golden color.

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1st - IC 1101 - The brightest galaxy is located more than 1.04 billion light-years from Earth.

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1st - IC 1101 - British astronomer Frederick William Herschel I was the first to discover the galaxy in 1790.

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