MarkHamillsrightnut t1_iyeiekr wrote on November 30, 2022 at 8:17 PM

Reply to comment by OtakuMage in Galactic cannibal Andromeda feasts on smaller galaxies, cosmic leftovers reveal by nikola28

I think you're right. According to a quick google search Andromeda has about a trillion stars compared to the estimated 300 billion the Milky Way has.

SeeTreeMe t1_iyepo2h wrote on November 30, 2022 at 9:03 PM

It has way more stars but it’s mass could be anywhere from 1.8x ish to actually less than the Milky Way (according to wiki). There’s some pretty big error bars on it.