Astronomers pinpoint how Milky Way Galaxy was formed
Wednesday, September 21, 2016 - 14:31
in Astronomy & Space
Using colors to identify the approximate ages of more than 130,000 stars in the Milky Way’s halo, astronomers have produced the clearest picture yet of how our galaxy formed more than 13.5 billion years ago. The astronomers, based at the University of Notre Dame, are part of JINA-CEE – the Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics […]