"Shiva and Shakti: Ancient Star Streams Unveil Milky Way's Earliest Building Blocks"
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Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy have identified two of the Milky Way’s earliest building blocks, named "Shakti" and "Shiva," which are remnants of galaxies that merged with an early version of the Milky Way 12-13 billion years ago. This discovery, based on data from the Gaia satellite and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, sheds light on the galaxy's initial growth and could be the first additions to the "poor old heart" of the Milky Way, contributing to its evolution into a large galaxy.
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