The enigma of the missing stars in space may be solved
Thursday, November 18, 2010 - 11:20
in Astronomy & Space
In the local group of galaxies, there are about 100 billion stars. According to astronomers' calculations, there should be many more. Now, physicists from the University of Bonn and the University of St. Andrews in Scotland may have found an explanation for this discrepancy. Their study will appear in the upcoming issue of the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.