Milky Way Galaxy Devoured Smaller Galaxy Billions of Years Ago

Astronomical research indicates that the Milky Way galaxy absorbed a smaller galaxy approximately 11.8 billion years ago. This event is part of the Milky Way's evolutionary history.

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Understanding the Milky Way's past mergers helps astronomers piece together its formation and evolution. These events are crucial for understanding how galaxies grow and change over cosmic time.

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The Milky Way swallowed a smaller galaxy about 11.8 billion years ago

The Milky Way, a ⁠large and spiral-shaped galaxy that is home to hundreds of billions of stars including our sun, has taken a long and complicated path to achieve its current dimensions, as illustrated by new research documenting a milestone event early in its history. Scientists observing clusters of stars congregated near the Milky Way’s centre have discovered evidence that our galaxy swallowed a smaller galaxy roughly 11.8 billion years ago, when the universe was less ‌than 15 per cent of ...

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