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Transcript: In cosmology galaxies are used as markers of expanding space. In addition to the overall cosmic expansion gravity has caused matter to clump or cluster on many different scales. In addition to the gravitational attraction that caused galaxies to collapse and form in the first place gravity has also caused galaxies to aggregate together or congregate in regions of space. The distribution of galaxies in three dimensions in the universe overall is called large scale structure.
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