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Hubble & Gaia solve our galaxy's merger mystery

Hubble & Gaia solve our galaxy's merger mystery

Our home galaxy, the Milky Way, grew to its current size in part by consuming smaller galaxies. Now, new data from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope show definitive evidence of a dwarf galaxy merging with the young Milky Way galaxy in the earliest phases of its evolution.

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