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Rewriting Galactic History: Milky Way’s “Wrinkles” Reveal a Startlingly Recent Collision, Shocking Astrophysicists


New research indicates that the most recent major collision in our galaxy occurred billions of years later than previously believed. Using data from the Gaia spacecraft, researchers found that the Milky Way's last major galactic collision happened less than three billion years ago, not the eight to

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