Galactic archaeologists trace the evolution of the Milky Way

Gaia's view of the galaxy. — This map of the galaxy encompasses more than 1.8 billion stars that have been tracked by the European Space Agency’s *Gaia* satellite. Credit: ESA/*Gaia*/DPAC, A. Moitinho; CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO

Archaeologists reconstruct the history of previous civilizations. Researchers in the new field of galactic archaeology have even greater ambitions: They intend to…

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