Mysterious ripples in the Milky Way were caused by a passing dwarf galaxy
Published Date: 9/23/2022
Source: phys.org
Using data from the Gaia space telescope, a team led by researchers at Lund University in Sweden has shown that large parts of the Milky Way's outer disk vibrate. The ripples are caused by a dwarf galaxy, now seen in the constellation Sagittarius, that shook our galaxy as it passed by hundreds of millions of years ago.