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NASA Unveils Ancient Galaxy Collision
A new study from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, published in Nature Astronomy, reveals a collision between the Milky Way and a dwarf galaxy that occurred about 12 billion years ago. The findings provide insights into the early history of our galaxy.
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This artist’s concept, released on Aug. 17, 2026, depicts a collision between our Milky Way galaxy and a dwarf galaxy known as LKH that happened about 12 billion years ago. A study of data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, recently published in the journal Nature Astronomy, shows definitive
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