Is the solar system bigger than some galaxies?

Problem 1-15. “Our solar system is bigger than some galaxies.” This statement makes no sense. A galaxy is composed of hundreds of billions of stars, while our solar system is 'just' the stuff orbiting one star, our sun. Our solar system is a tiny part of the Milky Way Galaxy, being much smaller than it. 2. Problem 1-41. read more

A galaxy is a collection of star systems and other things, which form a shape around a supermassive black hole (at least we think there's always such a thing at the center), so obviously they are larger than a star system. read more

Galaxies come in many sizes. The Milky Way is big, but some galaxies, like our Andromeda Galaxy neighbor, are much larger. The universe is all of the galaxies – billions of them! NASA’s telescopes allow us to study galaxies beyond our own in exquisite detail, and to explore the most distant reaches of the observable universe. read more