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The huge gas cloud flying towards our galaxy could create 200 million new stars
A giant gas cloud hurtling towards the Milky Way could form two million new stars when it finally collides with our galaxy. The discovery was made after astronomers managed to figure out the chemical composition of the Smith Cloud, a huge formation of gas approaching the edges of the Milky Way at a speed of around 193 miles per second.
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