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Major Ancient Merger Proposed for Andromeda

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2018

Richard D'Souza23 July 2018

Andromeda Galaxy · Science / Astronomy

A merger-history study proposes that M31 experienced a dominant collision with a large galaxy about two billion years ago and links the event to its stellar halo and M32.

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Richard D'Souza

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