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Hubble Discovers a Lost Galaxy Swallowed by the Milky Way 11.8 Billion Years Ago

Researchers say the ancient collision added stars, gas and dark matter to the Milky Way and helped shape the solar system’s early history.

The Milky Way has not always been the enormous spiral galaxy we see today. Like many large galaxies, it grew partly by swallowing smaller neighbors. Now, observations from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have revealed strong evidence of one of the earliest major mergers in our galaxy’s history. The discovery pushes scientists’ detailed knowledge of the […] The post Hubble Discovers a Lost Galaxy Swallowed by the Milky Way 11.8 Billion Years Ago ap…

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Irish Independent broke the news in Dublin, Ireland on Tuesday, August 18, 2026.
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