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Origins of the Milky Way
An optical image of the dwarf galaxy in Sculptor. Astronomers have found a very old star in this galaxy, in support of the idea that some of the Milky Way's old stars were once residents of neighboring galaxies.
Low Resolution Image (jpg)
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