November 22, 2024

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An intergalactic ‘stream of stars’ 10 times longer than the Milky Way is the first of its kind ever observed.

An intergalactic ‘stream of stars’ 10 times longer than the Milky Way is the first of its kind ever observed.

Astronomers have accidentally discovered the first known intergalactic path of stars. The giant “star stream”, which is about 10 times longer than the “star stream”. milky wayA new study suggests that more such structures could be lurking in deep space.

Stellar streams are elongated strings of gravitationally entangled stars that have likely been yanked away from parent galaxies or nebulae by the gravitational pull of other nearby galaxies. Scientists have Set dozens of these flows Within galaxies, including the Milky Way. But so far, nothing has been discovered in intergalactic space, that is, the space between galaxies.