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Why is there less gas and dust in an elliptical galaxy?
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Why is there less gas and dust in an elliptical galaxy?

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The smallest "dwarf elliptical" galaxies are less than one-tenth the size of the Milky Way! Elliptical galaxies have very little gas and dust. Since stars form from gas, little star formation occurs in elliptical galaxies.
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