Cosmic beacons reveal the Milky Way's ancient core

Cosmic beacons reveal the Milky Way's ancient core Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Apr 25, 2016 - An international team of astronomers led by Dr. Andrea Kunder of the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP) in Germany has discovered that the central 2,000 light-years within the Milky Way galaxy hosts an ancient population of stars. These stars are more than 10 billion years old and their orbits in space preserve the early history of the formation of the Milky Way. For the firs ... more

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