Chemical Fingerprints of Accreted Ultrafaint Dwarf Galaxies in the Milky Way Halo
Diala M. Taneenah et al 2026 ApJL 1003 L11 Researchers have discovered two chemically distinct populations in a sample of 97 metal-poor stars in the Milky Way halo, potentially providing a way to…
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