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Our Milky Way Galaxy Likely Underwent Disk Flip after Ancient Galactic Collision: Study


A head-on collision with another galaxy billions of years ago may have dramatically reoriented the Milky Way’s disk, according to new supercomputer simulations that reveal how violent mergers can leave spiral galaxies looking surprisingly normal today.

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