For the past decade, spacecraft have been beaming back reports from some truly awe-inspiring destinations in our solar system. The spacecraft revealed vast river channels carved by ancient floods on Mars. The spacecraft raced through turbulent geysers spewing from Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus. We even passed through the frigid mountains of Pluto. But what if you could expand your horizons even further?
Imagine being able to walk across the Milky Way on a sightseeing trip like no other. Where shall I take you? For starters, supermassive black holes, strange pulsating stars, and exotic Earth-like worlds are on the itinerary. Apart from the pure sights we witness, visiting these cosmic oddities also reveals how the first stars formed, what’s emitting strange radio signals from space, and how Earth You’ll discover how clues to some of the biggest mysteries can be found, ranging from whether there is life outside. . Here is my guide for the discerning galaxy traveler.
S1 stream
Watch a parade of stars explode with dark matter
To begin our journey, we jump past our front door into a river of stars that flows across the Milky Way. To truly understand the S1 stream, we need to readjust our sense of scale. That’s because its length and width are measured in thousands of light years. Our solar system, located in the middle of a river, resembles a grain of sand in the Amazon River.
To find the source of the S1 stream, we need to turn back the clock some 9 billion years to the galaxy’s tumultuous youth. Looking from the outside…
