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These collisions often triggered massive bursts of star formation. In fact, our own Sun likely formed about 4.6 billion years ago during one of these chaotic periods of intense activity.

The Milky Way didn't just grow; it devoured. Astronomers have found evidence of at least where our galaxy collided with and absorbed smaller satellite galaxies. Milky Way Galaxy.rar

Long before telescopes, different cultures looked at the glowing band in the sky and saw very different stories: These collisions often triggered massive bursts of star