#KnowledgeByte: A spiral #Galaxy, shaped much like our Milky Way, has been found in an era when astronomers believed such well-formed galaxies could not yet exist. Two Indian Scientists discovered the Galaxy named it Alaknanda.

Indian Scientists who discovered the Galaxy named it #Alaknanda, after the Himalayan river that is a twin headstream of the Ganga alongside the #Mandakini—fittingly, the Hindi name for the Milky Way.

https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/Alaknanda-Galaxy-69314ed5fc086129d2ac1f53

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