TROY, N.Y. — A stunning new study may upend everything we know about cosmic home — the Milky Way galaxy. According to researchers from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, our galaxy may have collided with another galaxy billions of years later than scientists previously thought. In fact, according to the study, the last time the Milky Way collided with another star cluster, the Earth had already formed. What a light show that must have been!
The findings, in a nutshell
In their groundbreaking study, published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, the team of astronomers uncovered compelling evidence that the Milky Way galaxy experienced a massive merger event with a dwarf galaxy about six billion years…
