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Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Astronomy@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 years ago

Spiral galaxies like the Milky Way are surprisingly rare. Astronomers may finally know why.

www.livescience.com

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Spiral galaxies like the Milky Way are surprisingly rare. Astronomers may finally know why.

www.livescience.com

Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Astronomy@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 years ago
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The Supergalactic Plane we are located in doesn't have many spiral galaxies like the Milky Way. Astronomers think they finally know why galaxies like ours are so rare.
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    Thousands of millions of years I think, and continuing for at least hundreds of millions before the bouncing stops

    https://media.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExbzcxZ2VudzQ0djQwZTB4MXdzbzdqdXQ4aDVkdWxkMnJ3amJndmlrbCZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/rytLWOErAX1F6/giphy.gif

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