Image courtesy of ESA/Gaia/DPAC
Joel Kontinen
When do astronomers see a n errant star that is speeding
from the centre of our galaxy? They see it now,. This did not happen years and
years ago.
“Astronomers have had a rare glimpse into the heart of
the Milky Way thanks to an errant star expelled from the galactic centre.
At the middle of our galaxy is a supermassive black hole,
closely surrounded by a group of hundreds of stars. Slightly further out is a
larger disc of stars, and further out still is an even larger star group,
called the nuclear star cluster (NSC).”
Space is big and wonderful, as God made it that way, and unexpected things happen all the
time, like this speeding star.
Source:
Alex Wilkins 2025 Speeding star offers a rare glimpse of the Milky Way's galactic centre | New Scientist 7 March
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