![Several examples of massive galaxies merging. Credits: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage and Collaboration, and A. Evans. Several examples of massive galaxies merging. Credits: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage and Collaboration, and A. Evans.](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_square_2_2_to_320px/public/images/gallery/news/prensa1457_3363.jpg?itok=wkfuncqw)
A team at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has discovered a new case of galactic cannibalism in the neighbourhood of the Milky Way, which has caused the merging of two galaxies on the smallest scale so far known.
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