America in Transition Pages

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

New Component of Milky Way Discovered

Astronomers have discovered a previously unknown component of the Milky Way. By mapping out the locations of a class of stars that vary in brightness called Cepheids, a disc of young stars buried behind thick dust clouds in the central bulge has been found.

from Strange & Offbeat News -- ScienceDaily http://ift.tt/1ihkHEw
via IFTTT

No comments:

Post a Comment