Cinders of Galaxy's Earliest Homesteaders

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Hubble Uncovers Fading Cinders of Some of Our Galaxy's Earliest Homesteaders

Using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to conduct a "cosmic archaeological dig" at the very heart of our Milky Way galaxy, astronomers have uncovered the blueprints of our galaxy's early construction phase.

Peering deep into the Milky Way's crowded central hub of stars, Hubble researchers have uncovered for the first time a population of ancient white dwarfs — smoldering remnants of once-vibrant stars that inhabited the core. Finding these relics at last can yield clues to how our galaxy was built, long before Earth and our sun formed.

The observations are the deepest, most detailed study of the galaxy's foundational city structure — its vast central bulge that lies in the middle of a pancake-shaped disk of stars, where our solar system dwells.

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