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Tomoharu Oka

1 articles · 3 co-authors · latest: 2025-08-27

An Invisible Intruder Smashed Into the Milky Way: The Impact Scar Found in Stars

In the Milky Way's stellar disk, astronomers spotted a region where hundreds of stars suddenly changed their speed. Nearby, gas clouds are crumpled into a giant 'finger,' and at its tip, there's not a single star. It's a dwarf galaxy made of dark matter that rammed our disk millions of years ago, le
arXiv:2508.19643 · 2025-08-27