Metallicity: Did The Milky Way Galaxy Form From The Inside Out?
Monday, January 20, 2014 - 12:50
in Astronomy & Space
Results using data from the Gaia-ESO project has provided some evidence backing up theoretical divisions in the chemical composition of the stars that make up the Milky Way's disc – the vast collection of giant gas clouds and billions of stars that give our Galaxy its 'flying saucer' shape - and suggesting that stars in the inner regions of the Galactic disc were the first to form. read more