
Milky Way flipped after head-on “Gaia Sausage” collision 10 billion years ago, Durham says
Durham University researchers say the dwarf galaxy hit the Milky Way straight on and tilted it into today’s orientation.
By Abdullah Al-Otaibi·· 3 min

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Durham University researchers say the dwarf galaxy hit the Milky Way straight on and tilted it into today’s orientation.

Slowly rotating stellar halos make “disk flips” more likely, offering a new path to explain long-standing mysteries.