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Astronomers Reconstruct Galactic Collision that Would Have Broken Magellan's Little Cloud 200 Million Years Ago

About 200 million years ago, two nearby dwarf galaxies would have struck at nearly 100 km/s. Magellan's Great Cloud would have crossed the Little Cloud by full force. University of Arizona researchers reconstructed this galactic collision. Their simulations explain why this galaxy now has such a distorted structure. A nearby galaxy whose stars have stopped spinning This dwarf galaxy poses a riddle to astronomers since the first gas speed maps. I…
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About 200 million years ago, two nearby dwarf galaxies would have struck at nearly 100 km/s. Magellan's Great Cloud would have crossed the Little Cloud by full force. University of Arizona researchers reconstructed this galactic collision. Their simulations explain why this galaxy now has such a distorted structure. A nearby galaxy whose stars have stopped spinning This dwarf galaxy poses a riddle to astronomers since the first gas speed maps. I…

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Science-et-vie.com broke the news on Friday, May 1, 2026.
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