How the Milky Way and Antlia 2 Have Interacted from 3 Billion Years Ago to Present Day (VIDEO)

Rochester Institute of Technology

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This simulation depicts how the Milky Way and Antlia 2 have interacted from 3 billion years ago to present day. The left panels show the gas distribution and the right panels show the stars. The top panels show the galaxies face on while the bottom panels show the galaxies on edge.

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Sukanya Chakrabarti/RIT

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