Astronomers have discovered that the Milky Way galaxy’s stellar halo — a cloud of diffuse stars around all galaxies — is zeppelin-shaped and tilted. This artist’s illustration emphasizes the shape of the three-dimensional halo surrounding our galaxy.
Client
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Project Type
Science Visualization
Category
Astrophysics
Credit
Melissa Weiss/Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian
Jesse Han and Charlie Conroy made new discoveries regarding the shape of the stellar halo that surrounds our Milky Way.
In a true collaborative effort, I was able to extract the data from their animation in order to create an accurate image with appropriate ratios.