Thursday 29 October 2015

Astrophysicists produce the first age map of the halo of the Milky Way

STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Astrophysicists produce the first age map of the halo of the Milky Way
Notre Dame IN (SPX) Oct 29, 2015 - University of Notre Dame astronomer Timothy Beers and his Galactic Archaeology group, which includes Notre Dame astronomers Daniela Carollo and Vinicius Placco, have led an international team of researchers that produced the first chronographic (age) map of the halo of the Milky Way galaxy. The halo, along with the disk and bulge, are the primary components of the galaxy. Using a sample of ... more


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