Australian-led Astronomy Project Throws Milky Way’s Origin Story Into Doubt Astronomers are rethinking our origin story following discoveries about the behaviour of a similar galaxy to our Milky Way. The first detailed cross-section of another galaxy, dubbed UGC 10738, which is akin to ours, reveals that instead of a violent collision resulting from a freak accident, the Milky Way, in fact, evolved gradually. Distinct discs similar to those of the Milky Way prove that such structures are the product of a more peaceful change than previous theories predicted. Those theories purported that...