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galactic disk
The flattened component of a spiral galaxy in which, together with many ordinary stars such as the Sun (see disk star), lie the biggest and brightest of stars – the O stars and B stars. The disk is also home to large tracts of interstellar material from which new stars are continually being made.
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• GALAXIES
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