A breakthrough using data from the Gaia-ESO project has provided evidence backing up theoretically predicted divisions in the chemical composition of the stars that make up the Milky Way’s disc — the vast collection of giant gas clouds and billions of stars that give our Galaxy its ‘flying saucer’ shape. ...
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