Some of the fastest stars in the Milky Way come from other galaxies

  • 📰 newscientist
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 13 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 9%
  • Publisher: 51%

Holiday Holiday Headlines News

Holiday Holiday Latest News,Holiday Holiday Headlines

Stars that travel through the Milky Way with speeds of hundreds of kilometres per second may come from smaller galaxies that were gobbled up by our own.

The speediest stars in the galaxy, moving at hundreds or even thousands of kilometres per second, are also some of the least well-studied. A study of 15 of these fast-moving objects has found that most of them probably came from dwarf galaxies devoured by the Milky Way in the distant past.

“Some stars that are travelling fast have been [proposed to have] an extragalactic origin, but this is the first time that a relatively large sample has been analysed and evidence has been shown that they …Subscribe for unlimited digital access

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.

Space makes my head spin 💫🤯

Hundreds of kilometers per second, is a milliom plus kilometers per hour.

Yes they may have come from smaller galaxies and then on the other hand they may have not come from smaller galaxies. Your guess better than mine?

Milky way

Well, that explains the bulge in the middle!

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 541. in HOLİDAY

Holiday Holiday Latest News, Holiday Holiday Headlines