#  Astronomy grad student Vedant Chandra led a paper announcing the discovery of a stellar component of the Magellanic Stream 

 





September 20, 2023

 

 

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**Astronomy grad student [Vedant Chandra](/people/vedant-chandra)** led a paper announcing the discovery of a stellar component of the Magellanic Stream - an enormous ribbon of gas that dominates the southern sky - resolving a decades-long search for such a population of stars. The paper is in press at the [Astrophysical Journal](https://harvard.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=13f357b8637e4a05e4a5d2845&id=dbc24612fd&e=829bab5540), and was recently featured in the [New Scientist magazine](https://harvard.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=13f357b8637e4a05e4a5d2845&id=aaa9300c12&e=829bab5540). *Photo credit- David Nidever*

 

 

 



 

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