The Milky Way may be kicking stars into its outer halo

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The Milky Way could be flinging stars into its outer halo -- a movement triggered by powerful supernova explosions. Supernovas occur when stars explode and lose most of their mass.

Clusters of supernovas can cause the birth of scattered, eccentrically orbiting stars in the outer stellar halos of galaxies, astronomers from the University of California, Irvine (UCI), have said.

A galaxy's stellar halo extends well out from the brightest regions and contains its oldest stars. The Milky Way's outer halo also contains much of the galaxy's mass.

This new finding challenges the commonly held notions of how star systems have formed and evolved over billions of years.
Using "hyper-realistic" computer simulations from the FIRE 2 project (Feedback in Realistic Environments 2), the scientists modeled the disruptions in galactic rotations that would otherwise be considered orderly. 

"These highly accurate numerical simulations have shown us that it's likely the Milky Way has been launching stars in circumgalactic space in outflows triggered by supernova explosions," study author James Bullock said in a statement. Bullock is dean of UCI's School of Physical Sciences and a professor of physics and astronomy.
"It's fascinating, because when multiple big stars die, the resulting energy can expel gas from the galaxy, which in turn cools, causing new stars to be born," he added.

Source: https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/20/world/milky-way-stars-halo-intl-scli-scn/index.html

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Landlords are the root of all evil smh...

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Yaaassss milky way fling the sun out so this mess finally ends 

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damn I don't remember getting kicked but ok

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why did you do that? 

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a star is kicked

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With our luck we will be kicked and crashed into Chromatica before the 29th 

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57 minutes ago, Stef666 said:

With our luck we will be kicked and crashed into Chromatica before the 29th 

Here for the Afterlife Ball 

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2 hours ago, littlepotter said:

Watch them do this to miss Sun on May 28th

This! 

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32 minutes ago, sarahb said:

Here for the Afterlife Ball 

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3 hours ago, Stef666 said:

With our luck we will be kicked and crashed into Chromatica before the 29th 

What u talking about Earth on the grand scheme of things has been beyond lucky

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The milky way said:

 

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