New Delhi: Astronomers have discovered clusters of the earliest stars in our galaxy, around the time the universe’s first galaxies began forming, that is, 12-13 billion years ago. Scientists have named this group of stars ‘Shakti’ and ‘Shiva’. This information has been obtained from a new research. Astronomers said the research findings show that these early clusters of stars were similar in size to today’s big cities. According to scientists, it is believed that the galaxy was formed by the merger of smaller galaxies, which paved the way for the formation of large clusters of stars.
He said that when galaxies collided and merged, most of the stars retained very basic properties and this is directly related to the speed and direction of their parent galaxy. In this study report published in the journal ‘Astrophysical’, the research team from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Germany, in their analysis found that the stars of the merging galaxies were clustered around two special points of energy and angular velocity. In this way, two separate groups of stars – ‘Shakti’ and ‘Shiva’ were formed.
Names of Shakti and Shiva given to structures
Study co-author Khyati Malhan named these two structures ‘Shakti’ and ‘Shiva’. Scientists found that similar stars form ‘Shakti’ and ‘Shiva’ and come from two different galaxies. Their angular momentum is greater than that of the stars located in the middle of the galaxy. He said that the amount of metal in all these stars is low, which indicates that they must have been formed a long time ago, whereas the recently formed stars have more heavy metal elements. Hans-Walter Ricks, co-author of the study, says ‘Shakti’ and ‘Shiva’ may have been the first two groups of stars to join in the center of the galaxy. Astronomers used data provided by a satellite of the European Space Agency for their analysis.(Language)
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