Stellar stream examples (IMAGE)

University of Washington

Stellar stream examples

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A selection of virtual stellar streams shows the variety of bends, wiggles, kinks and gaps that the simulations produced. Out of roughly 15,000 streams, only 70 were featureless.

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Arora et. al/The Astrophysical Journal

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