Antlia 2's Collision with the Milky Way (IMAGE)

Rochester Institute of Technology

Antlia 2's Collision with the Milky Way

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A group of scientists led by RIT Assistant Professor Sukanya Chakrabarti believe that the dark dwarf galaxy Antlia 2's collision with the Milky Way hundreds of millions of years ago is responsible for our galaxy's characteristic ripples in its outer disc.

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Sukanya Chakrabarti/RIT

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