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Chinese astronomers discover 591 high-velocity stars – CGTN
A Chinese research team has discovered 591 high-velocity stars based on data from the Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST) and the…
A Chinese research team has discovered 591 high-velocity stars based on data from the Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST) and the European Space Agency’s Gaia satellite.
High-velocity stars move faster than 65 km/s to 100 km/s relative to the average motion of other stars, and may at some point escape their galaxies. Of the newly discovered stars, 43 may escape the gravitational constraints of the Milky Way galaxy in future and fly into intergalactic space.
A total…
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