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From the February 2008 issue

If galaxies are expanding away from one another, why are Local Group galaxies like the Milky Way and Andromeda moving toward each other?

Robyn Nayyar, Aromas, California
By Astronomy Staff | Published: February 1, 2008
Local gravity overpowers cosmological expansion.

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