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...Previously, nobody had found any stars in the dwarf galaxies that looked very much like the most metal-poor stars in the Milky Way halo,” said Joshua D. Simon, a researcher at the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington and one of the study’s authors. “It was reasonable to wonder if maybe they didn’t exist...
...after hours of stargazing and spectroscopic measurements, a star in a distant dwarf galaxy called the Sculptor Galaxy has proven to be chemically similar to several stars found in the Milky Way halo...
...looks like many dwarf galaxies got shredded and deposited their stars in the halo of the Milky Way,” Frebel said...
...literary world at once divided in two: the “publish” camp happy to get their hands on whatever they could from the man they considered a genius, and their “perish” antagonists urging incineration lest any imperfection blacken the Nabokovian halo. One might assume that the recent green light points to some newly unearthed document or deep philosophical revelation. Not so. In an absurd introduction seeking to defend the decision, Nabokov’s son Dmitri waxes at turns cloyingly idolizing, stridently resentful, and distastefully self-aggrandizing in his memories...
...great attitude." The son says, "It's been hard for my parents and family. It's almost been easier for me because I have a little bit of control." When Wilhite gets discouraged about his progress, he pulls a picture out of his wallet showing him in the steel halo. "That picture reminds me of how far I've come," he says, adding, "I feel an obligation to spread the word on drinking and driving for Nick, Henry and Courtney. I feel like I could do a lot of good and young people could relate to my story." Accused drunk...