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What You’re Seeing: Stellar streams arcing through and around the Milky Way
Made Of: Stars stripped from dwarf galaxies and star clusters by gravity
Why They Exist: Past mergers and close encounters stretched these systems into long, thin ribbons
What They Trace: The Milky Way’s gravitational field—visible and invisible
Dark Matter Clue: Gaps, bends, and kinks in streams reveal clumps of dark matter
Scale: Some streams span tens of thousands of light-years
Time Capsule: Each stream preserves a record of events billions of years old
Why Rubin Matters: Rubin Observatory will uncover many more streams than ever detected
Scientific Payoff: Helps reconstruct the Milky Way’s formation history in unprecedented detail
Big Picture: Our galaxy didn’t grow quietly—it grew by eating, stretching, and reshaping others
🐾 Feline Perspective: Many paths. All lead somewhere important. I will block every single one.
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Approx. 23”W x 18.5”H
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