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A cornerstone of Milky Way history may need rewriting with evidence of multiple ancient mergers
- June 12, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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Astronomers may have uncovered new details about one of the Milky Way's most important ancient collisions. Using data from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) and a new clustering algorithm, researchers have found evidence suggesting the famous Gaia-Sausage/Enceladus structure (GSE) has a far more complicated origin than previously thought.
Originally published at Phys.org