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Gaia data helped discover the outer galaxy has a warp in it, probably caused by either a collision with a dwarf galaxy (probably Sag Dsph) or an asymmetric dark matter halo. look up "Milky Way Warp" for more info on that
Jan 15, 2025, 4:40 PM
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