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Violent Collision May Have Destroyed Milky Way’s First Stellar Disk

May 20, 2026 - 09:15
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Violent Collision May Have Destroyed Milky Way’s First Stellar Disk
This image from the Gemini North telescope shows a pair of interacting spiral galaxies: NGC 4568 (bottom) and NGC 4567 (top). Image credit: International Gemini Observatory / NOIRLab / NSF / AURA / T.A. Rector, University of Alaska Anchorage & NSF’s NOIRLab / J. Miller, Gemini Observatory & NSF’s NOIRLab / M. Zamani, NSF’s NOIRLab / D. de Martin, NSF’s NOIRLab.

New simulations suggest a violent collision 11 billion years ago reshaped our Galaxy and triggered a burst of star formation.

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