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Friday, September 26, 2003 Scientists determine large magellanic cloud galaxy formed similar to Milky WayA Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientist and international researchers have a discovered that a neighboring galaxy - the Large Magellanic Cloud - appears to have formed with an old stellar halo, similar to how the Milky Way formed. Kem Cook of Livermore's Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics was part of the Massive Compact Halo Objects team. Their research is reported in a recent issue of Science magazine. To read the Livermore news release, click here. Other Headlines Laboratory part of team establishing baseline procedures for emerging field of bioforensics more... Looking ahead, computer modeling sees rapid temperature increases more... Laboratory's 2004 United Way campaign starts Monday more... Demolition project will create noise, dust and diesel exhaust conditions at TA-3 more... Report: Academic quality of incoming freshmen remains high at UC campuses more... Scientists determine large magellanic cloud galaxy formed similar to Milky Way more... |
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