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Headline: Gaia Telescope Reveals Precise Date of the Milky Way's Last Act of Galactic Cannibalism

Caption: Space.com reports that the latest findings from the Gaia space telescope suggest that our Milky Way Galaxy may have cannibalized a smaller galaxy relatively recently. The last major collision between the Milky Way and another galaxy appears to have occurred billions of years closer to now than previously believed.

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