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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…

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Astrophysicists use ‘space archaeology’ to trace the history of a spiral galaxy

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Astrophysicists use ‘space archaeology’ to trace the history of a spiral galaxy

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