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The Milky Way was rewired by a cataclysmic collision billions of years ago. Now it is on course for another

No matter the time or vantage point, from a pre-Neolithic cave to a post-lockdown London high-rise, the predictability of the night sky has always been humanity's symbol of permanence and reassuring stability.

The Milky Way was rewired by a cataclysmic collision billions of years ago. Now it is on course for another
Image: Phys.org
No matter the time or vantage point, from a pre-Neolithic cave to a post-lockdown London high-rise, the predictability of the night sky has always been humanity's symbol of permanence and reassuring stability.

Originally published at Phys.org

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