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Ancient streams of stars
March 28 , 2024
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- The European Space Agency's Gaia space telescope has unveiled two ancient streams of stars, named Shiva and Shakti.
- They have significantly advanced our understanding of the Milky Way's origins.
- These celestial formations, woven together over 12 billion years ago.
- They are among the earliest structures to have contributed to the formation of our galaxy.
- They predating even the oldest parts of the Milky Way's spiral arms and disc.
- Each stream carries the mass of about 10 million Suns, with stars aged between 12 to 13 billion years, moving in remarkably similar orbits and compositions.
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