Milky Way devoured a dwarf galaxy 11.8 billion years ago, Hubble data shows

New data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope reveals that the Milky Way absorbed a dwarf galaxy approximately 11.8 billion years ago. Our spiral galaxy has grown both by forming new stars from gas clouds and by capturing stars, gas and dark matter from other galaxies through successive collisions.

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