Earth’s Nearest Star Cluster Hyades Is Being Destroyed By Something Massive

According to data from space observatory Gaia, the closest star cluster to Earth, Hyades is being shattered by the phenomenal gravity of an unseen massive object. Gaia is operated by the European Space Agency (ESA).

Astronomer Tereza Jerabkova and her colleagues from ESA and European Southern Observatory pored over information contained in Gaia Data release (DR 2.5 and DR3).

The space observatory Gaia, maps the Milky Way galaxy in 3 dimensions with a view to highlight the velocity dat...

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