ESA spacecraft observes stars ‘running away’ from our galaxy

Using Gaia’s artificial brain, the paths of six hypervelocity stars have been deduced

Stars in Milky Way’s halo found to travel in groups

The finding was made after recent analysis of data for millions of stars from the Gaia space mission

We have the complete guide to surviving the Red Planet (and the technology to help) in the latest issue of All About Space – out now!

Get into stargazing with our complete guide to astronomy in the latest issue of All About Space