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...study, entitled ‘Resonant stripping as the origin of dwarf spheroidal galaxies,’ Elena D’Onghia explained the existence of dwarf galaxies on the outskirts of the Local Group, and found that slightly lower mass galaxies seemed to rotate around slightly larger galaxies which in turn stripped the smaller galaxies of their luminous matter. She coined this process “resonant stripping...
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