Milky Way's Core Shoots Stars Our Way

A strange thing happens at the very core of our galaxy. It seems that a spinning bar of material may be throwing nearby stars outwards as it rotates and most of them are heading towards our solar system. Fortunately, none of these stars has any chance of actually reaching us.A team of resear... [ read more >> ]

The bar that cuts across the centre of the Milky Way may be throwing nearby stars outwards as it rotates

Image comment: The bar that cuts across the centre of the Milky Way may be throwing nearby stars outwards as it rotates
Image credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R Hurt, SSC/Caltech

The bar that cuts across the centre of the Milky Way may be throwing nearby stars outwards as it rotates