With Age Comes Wisdom
By determining the precise ages of stars in our galaxy, today’s Astrobite focuses on piecing together a detailed history of our own Milky Way.
Discovery of a star yeeted out of the Milky Way
The fastest Main Sequence star yet probably came from the Galactic Center.
Ghosts of Spiral Arms Past
A study of star clusters in the Milky Way has uncovered a peculiar trend in the way they are arranged.
Speed check on the ‘fastest’ star in Gaia
This astrobite looking at a star that is moving so fast, it can escape our galaxy. But is everything as it seems?
Hunting for Stellar Streams
A newly discovered stellar stream may be the long-searched for tidal debris from the Milky Way’s largest globular cluster.
The Milky Way’s Ghostly Neighbor
The unique nature of the newly discovered dwarf galaxy Ant 2 may have exciting implications for our understanding of dark matter and galaxy formation.