Lone Star State: Tracking a low-mass star as it speeds across the Milky Way

Lone Star State: Tracking a low-mass star as it speeds across the Milky Way

It may seem like the Sun is stationary while the planets in its orbit are moving, but the Sun is actually orbiting around the Milky Way galaxy at an impressive rate of about 220 kilometers per second — almost half a million miles per hour. As fast as that may seem, when a faint red … Read more