Artistic Representation of a Red Dwarf Star (IMAGE)

Queen Mary University of London

Artistic Representation of a Red Dwarf Star

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Kapteyn's star and its planets likely come from a dwarf galaxy now merged with the Milky Way. Bottom right panel shows characteristic streams of stars resulting from such a galactic merging event.

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University of California - Irvine : Victor Robles, James Bullock and Miguel Rocha University of California - Santa Cruz : Joel Primack

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