“Two ancient threads discovered in Milky Way galaxy named Shiva and Shakti”, India Today, March 21, 2024:
“The European Space Agency’s Gaia space telescope has unveiled two ancient streams of stars, named Shiva and Shakti, that have significantly advanced our understanding of the Milky Way’s origins.
These celestial formations, woven together over 12 billion years ago, are among the earliest structures to have contributed to the formation of our galaxy, predating even the oldest parts of the Milky Way’s spiral arms and disc.
Khyati Malhan of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) in Heidelberg, Germany, who spearheaded the research, expressed astonishment at the ability to detect these ancient structures……”
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