What ingredients went into the galactic blender to create the Milky Way?

Feb 23, 2022 (Nanowerk News) In its early days, the Milky Way was like a giant smoothie, as if galaxies consisting of billions of stars, and an enormous amount of gas had been thrown together into a gigantic blender. But a new study picks apart this mixture by analysing individual stars to identify which originated inside the galaxy and which began life outside. “Although the…