Students map Milky Way with dwarf stars
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 - 13:20
in Astronomy & Space
Two astronomy students have mapped the entire Milky Way Galaxy in dwarf stars for the first time. They show that there are a total of 58 billion dwarf stars, of which seven per cent reside in the outer regions of our Galaxy. This result is the most comprehensive model ever for the distribution of these stars.