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Ultracool stars take 'wild rides' around, outside the Milky Way

This image shows the orbits of all recently discovered ultracool subdwarfs in and around the Milky Way, as seen from 150,000 light years away. Courtesy / Adam Burgasser

Astronomers announced today that stars of a recently discovered type, dubbed ultracool subdwarfs, take some pretty wild rides as they orbit around the Milky Way, following paths that are very different from those of typical stars. One of them may actually be a visitor that originated in another galaxy. [read more]

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