Scientists have directly imaged eight dim objects in Gaia’s data catalog that accompany very bright stars, including so-called “failed stars,” also known as brown dwarfs. The stars and their companions were originally identified from millions of stars in the Gaia catalog. They were considered ideal for follow-up research with the ground-based GRAVITY instrument, an advanced … Read more
Scientists have directly imaged eight dim objects in Gaia’s data catalog that accompany very bright stars, including so-called “failed stars,” also known as brown dwarfs. The stars and their companions were originally identified from millions of stars in the Gaia catalog. They were considered ideal for follow-up research with the ground-based GRAVITY instrument, an advanced … Read more
Enlarge / NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope reveals the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex, the closest star-forming region to Earth. In a feat of galactic archaeology, astronomers are using increasingly detailed information to trace the origins of our galaxy – and to learn how other galaxies formed in the early stages of the universe. Using powerful … Read more
This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread OK! Visualization of a ‘wrinkled’ halo of stars around the Milky Way. Credit: Halo Stars: ESA/Gaia/DPAC, T Donlon et al. 2024; Background Milky Way and Magellanic Clouds: Stefan Payne-Wardenaar × close to Visualization of a ‘wrinkled’ halo of stars around the … Read more