Watching Our Galaxy Grow Up: The Mass and Color Evolution of the Milky Way

Using our rich observations within the Milky Way to better understand galaxy evolution requires understanding what the Milky Way looks like “as a galaxy”—that is, its “true” shape and abundance profiles (unskewed by observational biases), signatures of past mergers and significant accretion events,...

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Published in:The Astrophysical Journal
Main Authors: Gail Zasowski, Julie Imig, Hayley Coluccio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2025-01-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/adef53