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    When the Milky Way Collided with Dwarf Galaxy Gaia-Enceladus

    January 17, 2020, Categories  Astronomy/Space

    A snapshot from TESS of part of the southern sky showing the location of ν Indi (blue circle), the plane of the Milky Way (bottom left) and the southern ecliptic pole (top). These snapshots come from data collected in TESS observing sectors 1, 12 and 13.
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    The dwarf galaxy Gaia-Enceladus collided with the Milky Way probably approximately 11.5 billion years ago. A team of researchers including scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research in Germany for the first time used a single star affected by the collision as a clue for dating...

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