The tilt of our stars: the shape of the Milky Way’s star halo is realized
A new study has revealed the true shape of the diffuse cloud of stars surrounding our galaxy’s disk. For decades, astronomers thought this cloud of stars – called the stellar halo – was largely spherical, like a beach ball. Now, a new model based on modern observations shows that the stellar halo is oblong and …
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