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"Not a bigger neighbour anymore" - New discovery by a Nepali changes galaxies' theory.

The Milky Way and Andromeda prior to the merger.

The Milky Way and Andromeda prior to the merger Source: ICRAR

Nepal born astrophysicist Dr Prajwal Kafle has discovered that the neighboring Andromedia galaxy is not three times bigger than our Milky Way, as previously thought by scientists. Dr Kafle works for the University of Western Australia's radio astronomy research centre and made similar discovery about the size of the Milky Way. He explained to SBS Nepali what his latest discovery about Milky Way's neighbor Andromeda's size means.


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Nepal born astrophysicist Dr Prajwal Kafle has discovered that the neighboring Andromedia galaxy is not three times bigger than our Milky Way, as previously thought by scientists. Dr Kafle works for the University of Western Australia's radio astronomy research centre and made similar discovery about the size of the Milky Way. He explained to SBS Nepali what his latest discovery about Milky Way's neighbor Andromeda's size means.


Video illustration of the collision between Andromeda and the Milky Way. 

 


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