Dwarf Satellite Disrupting Milky Way (IMAGE)

Rochester Institute of Technology

Dwarf Satellite Disrupting Milky Way

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These images of the Milky Way show the distribution of gas, at left, compared to the distribution of stars, at right, after the dwarf satellite disrupts the galaxy.

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Sukanya Chakrabarti/Rochester Institute of Technology

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