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dwarf galaxies
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Astrophysicists use ‘space archaeology’ to trace the history of a spiral galaxy
Lisa Kewley, Smithsonian Institution Billions of years ago, a young spiral galaxy began to grow in a crowded…
Astrophysicists use ‘space archaeology’ to trace the history of a spiral galaxy
This artist’s impression shows the spiral galaxy NGC 1365 colliding and merging with a smaller galaxy. Melissa Weiss/CfA…
What a newly discovered gas bridge between galaxies tells us about the cosmic cycle of matter
A composite image shows a diffuse ‘bridge’ of gas linking two dwarf galaxies. ICRAR, N. Deg, Legacy Surveys…