At an epic timescale "comparable to the age of the solar system," which is 4.6 billion years old, the researchers believe that the spiral arms formed when "small bodies" were pushed out of the ...

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At an epic timescale "comparable to the age of the solar system," which is 4.6 billion years old, the researchers believe that the spiral arms formed when "small bodies" were pushed out of the ...