Scientists say they are one step closer to understanding mysterious ghost stars found within the Milky Way galaxy.
. Not only has the new research confirmed the alignment, but it may have also found the explanation behind their strange alignment.
See, these ghost stars, or planetary nebulae, are essentially clouds of gas expelled by stars as their lives come to an end. These ejected clouds are basically the, and they create some mesmerizing sights in the cosmos. A group of these ghost stars in the galactic bulge of the Milky Way has been rather intriguing, though, because they seem to all follow an aligned path almost parallel to the galactic plane of the Milky Way.
Of course, the significance of this research really lies in learning exactly what causes the alignment and whether or not it’s something we’ll see elsewhere, too. So far, they have confirmed over 136 planetary nebulae in the galaxy bulge, which is the thickest section of the Milky Way. It’s also possible that the close binary systems responsible for the alignment form with their orbits in the same plane.
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