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[ad_1] Scientists working with data from Sloan Digital Sky Surveys’ Apache Point Observatory Galactic … [+] Evolution Experiment (APOGEE) has discovered a “fossil galaxy” hidden deep within our Milky Way. getty Galaxies like ours are the result of many, many mergers. Exactly how galaxies form is a mystery, but we …

[ad_1] Astronomers have discovered a “fossil galaxy” hidden deep in the Milky Way. Dubbed Heracles, the dead galaxy remained from the early universe and is thought to have collided with the Milky Way about 10 billion years ago. Researchers say the remains of Heracles account for about one third of …