American astronomer Edwin Hubble (after whom the Hubble Space Telescope is named) coined the term “Local Group” for the galaxies he had identified as moving through space with the Milky Way. The term ...

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"This is useful to uncover leftovers from galactic interactions, constraining the hierarchical process of cosmic structure formation." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...