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The name of the galaxy in which the earth is a planet, is
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Milky Way
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Earth is located in the Milky Way Galaxy, a barred spiral galaxy containing 100-400 billion stars. It is about 13.6 billion years old and approximately 100,000 light-years in diameter. The Milky Way is part of the Local Group of galaxies, which in turn is part of the Virgo Supercluster.