"Discovery of 13 Billion-Year-Old Star Streams Unravels Milky Way's Origins"

Astronomers have discovered two massive streams of stars, named Shiva and Shakti, near the center of the Milky Way. These ancient structures, containing stars up to 13 billion years old, may be some of the earliest building blocks of our galaxy. The stars in Shiva and Shakti are extremely metal poor, indicating that they are among the oldest in the Milky Way. The discovery was made using the Gaia space telescope, and further research will help understand how these streams contributed to the galaxy's evolution.