Israel, Feb. 2 -- Project Id: 124265
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Reconstructing the origin and evolution of the Milky Way
The universe is made up of trillions of galaxies. Observing other galaxies provides important insight into the origin and evolution of the universe, but our own Milky Way is the only one close enough to yield voluminous data sets from observational experiments. Three recent observational launches will provide unparalleled technological precision and accuracy. The EU-funded EMERGE project plans to make excellent use of the wealth of data they will be sending home about the stars and compact stellar remnants of our galaxy to build a galactic chemical evolution model. The observationally based reconstruction of the ...