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There are estimates that half the matter, including the older stars in our Galaxy came from other galaxies that were absorbed long ago (10B+ years) by the Milky Way. The younger stars have been formed here in the disk.

So on average a large portion of the oldest stars tend to have been from elsewhere, whereas the newer stars were born here.



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