Supergremlins, or rather, super-script gremlins, took over ‘The Galactic
empire’ in last week’s issue. The Large Magellanic Cloud has 2 x 10 10
solar masses, the Small Magellanic Cloud 2 x 10 9, Fornax 2 x
10 7 and the Milky Way 10 12.
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