Waspie_Dwarf Posted January 20, 2017 #1 Share Posted January 20, 2017 Farthest Stars in Milky Way Might Be Ripped from Another Galaxy Quote Cambridge, MA - The 11 farthest known stars in our galaxy are located about 300,000 light-years from Earth, well outside the Milky Way's spiral disk. New research by Harvard astronomers shows that half of those stars might have been ripped from another galaxy: the Sagittarius dwarf. Moreover, they are members of a lengthy stream of stars extending one million light-years across space, or 10 times the width of our galaxy. "The star streams that have been mapped so far are like creeks compared to the giant river of stars we predict will be observed eventually," says lead author Marion Dierickx of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA). Read More: Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdealJustice Posted January 20, 2017 #2 Share Posted January 20, 2017 this is galactic appropriation... cosmic oppression... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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