ScienceMilky Way devoured a smaller galaxy about 11.8 billion years ago, study says
New research documents a major early milestone in the Milky Way’s long and complicated evolution: about 11.8 billion years ago, the large spiral galaxy that contains our Sun and hundreds of billions of stars consumed a smaller galaxy.
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Milky Way devoured a smaller galaxy about 11.8 billion years ago, study says
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