LAMOST reveals new footprints of the Gaia -sausage-enceladus merger event
E-Mail IMAGE: Gaia-Sausage structure detected by the Gaia satellite in velocity space. (Credit: V. Belokurov et al. 2018, MNRAS, 478, 611). view more Credit: @Science China Press Note: The dwarf galaxy corresponding to the Gaia-Sausage structure of the Milky Way was named Enceladus by astronomers, after one of the hundred-handed giants in Greek mythology who opposed the rule of Zeus. Looking up at the starry sky, the deep Universe appears quiet and mysterious. It is hard to imagine that the ancient dwarf galaxy Enceladus violently collided and was torn apart by our own Milky Way G...
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