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In simple language, what's the distribution of mass of a galaxy (i.e. % of total mass as a function of radius)? I actually googled an article on the topic (see text) but it's too technical for me and I'd appreciate a simple explanation.

by /u/thefourthchipmunk in /r/askscience

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