Astronomers discover stars in early galaxies had a need for speed
Thursday, August 6, 2009 - 09:49
in Astronomy & Space
New Haven, Conn. -- A team of astronomers has measured the motions of stars in a very distant galaxy for the first time and discovered they are whizzing around at astonishingly high speeds -- about one million miles per hour, or twice the speed at which the Sun circles our own Milky Way galaxy.