Tuesday, August 1, 2017

Milky Way's origins are not what they seem

08/01/2017 02:49 PM EDT

a pair of nearby galaxies where

In a first-of-its-kind analysis, Northwestern University astrophysicists have discovered that up to half of the matter in our Milky Way galaxy may come from distant galaxies. As a result, each one of us may be made in part from extragalactic matter. Using supercomputer simulations, the researchers found an unexpected mode for how galaxies acquired matter: intergalactic transfer.


Full story at https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2017/july/milky-way-origin-matter-galaxy/

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