The Local Group is the environment around
A) the Sun that contains about a dozen stars.
B) the Milky Way that contains a few dozen galaxies.
C) the Sun that contains over a billion stars.
D) the Milky Way that contains a few thousand galaxies.

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The Local Group refers to the cluster of galaxies that includes the Milky Way and a few dozen other galaxies, not just a few stars. Option A is incorrect because the Local Group includes many more stars than just a dozen, and option C is incorrect because the Sun alone contains around a few hundred billion stars. Option D is also incorrect because the Milky Way contains hundreds of billions of stars, not just a few thousand galaxies.

The Local Group Is the Environment Around