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Collisions of Dead Stars Spray Heavy Elements Throughout Small Galaxies

June 5, 2018April 1, 2019 Gina Duggan

Hello everyone!

I participated in a press conference at the AAS Meeting today announcing some recent results that will be found in a soon-to-be-published-paper. Please check out the press release written by Whitney Clavin describing my work here!

Galactic Chemical Evolutionbarium, dwarf galaxies, neutron star mergers

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Dwarf Galaxies at the AAS Meeting
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