Team discovers two stars most distant ever observed in the Milky Way
Thursday, July 10, 2014 - 09:30
in Astronomy & Space
The distant outskirts of the Milky Way harbor valuable clues for understanding the formation and evolution of our Galaxy. Yet, due to overwhelming distances and an extremely sparse population of stars, many objects have not been identified beyond 400,000 light years, with only seven stars known to date beyond this limit.