New Disk of Young Stars Found in Milky Way

Wednesday, October 28, 2015 - 07:00 in Astronomy & Space

A previously unknown disk of very young stars has been discovered near the the peanut-shaped bulge at the center of the Milky Way. Scientists found the youngsers with thehelp of Cepheids — stars the change in brightness over days or months.

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