"Unprecedented Discovery: Massive Interstellar River of Stars Discovered"

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Astronomers have accidentally discovered the first known intergalactic trail of stars, a gigantic "stellar stream" that is around 10 times longer than the Milky Way. The stream, named the Giant Coma Stream, was found in the Coma Cluster, a group of more than 1,000 small galaxies located around 321 million light-years from Earth. This discovery suggests that there could be more intergalactic stellar streams in deep space. The researchers believe that dark matter within the galaxy group may have helped stretch the stellar stream into its current shape. Further studies are planned to learn more about the structure and its origins.
Topics:science#astronomers#astronomy#coma-cluster#dark-matter#galaxy-cluster#intergalactic-stellar-stream
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