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RegularJoe@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago

The Milky Way ate another galaxy. Scientists say they’ve found the scraps. Astronomers have dubbed the ancient galaxy Loki, after the Norse god of mischief.

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The Milky Way ate another galaxy. Scientists say they’ve found the scraps. Astronomers have dubbed the ancient galaxy Loki, after the Norse god of mischief.

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RegularJoe@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago
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The Milky Way ate another galaxy. Scientists say they’ve found the scraps | CNN
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Unusual stellar remnants suggest the Milky Way might have eaten a galaxy called Loki billions of years ago, according to new research.
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    This is the best lore update since Thea and proto-Earth

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    side trivia: I just learned that “Milky Way” comes from Greek legend. While the goddess Hera was asleep Zeus placed the infant Heracles (aka Hercules to Romans) on her to suckle at her breast. But Hera woke up and flung Heracles away, spraying milk across the sky. In fact the word “galaxy” comes from the Greek word for milk.

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    Wait, so the Milky Way practices COLONIALISM? Another reason to feel guilty about existing.

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      Oh neat the 800th reference to loki this year. What edge.

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      What are you talking about? That quote does not appear in the article.

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          It reads to me that the event occurred billions of years ago, not the naming.

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