Milky Way's origins are not what they seem
Thursday, July 27, 2017 - 02:02
in Astronomy & Space
In a first-of-its-kind analysis, Northwestern University astrophysicists have discovered that, contrary to previously standard lore, up to half of the matter in our Milky Way galaxy may come from distant galaxies. As a result, each one of us may be made in part from extragalactic matter.