Biggest Explosion in Space
A team of Chinese astronomers has discovered 591 high-velocity stars gleaning data from the Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST) and the European Space Agency s Gaia satellite.
The new discovery has doubled the total number known, said Li Yinbi, lead author of the research from National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC). High-velocity stars can provide deep insights into a wide range of topics within galactic science, from the central supermassive black hole to the distant galactic halo, said another researcher Lu Youjun from NAOC.
591 high velocity stars positions and orbitsKong Xiao of NAOC