The Milky Way ate another galaxy. Scientists say they’ve found the scraps. Astronomers have dubbed the ancient galaxy Loki, after the Norse god of mischief.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/23/science/milky-way-loki-galaxy
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/23/science/milky-way-loki-galaxy
13 Comments
ztwhixsemhwldvka@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 91d
This is the best lore update since Thea and proto-Earth
backalleycoyote@lemmy.today · 17 pts · 91d
Scientifically accurate rendering of the event:
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 9 pts · 90d
andromeda will eat the milky way in <5bn years.
stretch2m@infosec.pub · 5 pts · 90d
I thought it was more of a merger. https://space.fandom.com/wiki/Milkdromeda
MousePotatoDoesStuff@piefed.social · 5 pts · 90d
The Milky Way can have a little galaxy, as a treat
LovableSidekick@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 89d
The other galaxy must have been fun-size.
betanumerus@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 91d
KingOfSleep@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 91d
What are you talking about? That quote does not appear in the article.
betanumerus@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 90d
Bonesince1997@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 90d
It reads to me that the event occurred billions of years ago, not the naming.
betanumerus@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 90d
Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club · 3 pts · 90d
postmateDumbass@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 90d
Oh neat the 800th reference to loki this year. What edge.
LovableSidekick@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 90d
Wait, so the Milky Way practices COLONIALISM? Another reason to feel guilty about existing.
partofthevoice@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 90d
The cool thing about the universe is, if that’s how it works, we pretty much just have to accept it. Like game theory. I don’t like game theory on principle that I appreciate when the underdogs win in life. Yet, we live in a universe that often adheres to game theory.
LovableSidekick@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 89d
side trivia: I just learned that "Milky Way" comes from Greek legend. While the goddess Hera was asleep Zeus placed the infant Heracles (aka Hercules to Romans) on her to suckle at her breast. But Hera woke up and flung Heracles away, spraying milk across the sky. In fact the word "galaxy" comes from the Greek word for milk.