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ScienceDaily: Galaxies News

ScienceDaily: Galaxies News


Study of Andromeda's stellar disk indicates more violent history than Milky Way

Posted: 08 Jan 2015 03:43 PM PST

A detailed study of the motions of different stellar populations in the disk of the Andromeda galaxy has found striking differences from our own Milky Way, suggesting a more violent history of mergers with smaller galaxies in Andromeda's recent past.

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