BOUNDLESS EXPANSE 3D

Kapteyn's Star

HALO STAR · the wrong way driver
Kapteyn's Star
AI illustration of the real object
DISTANCE 12.8 light yearsODDITY orbits the galaxy backwards

A very old red dwarf that orbits the Milky Way in the wrong direction, against the flow of nearly everything else. It probably was not born here at all: Kapteyn's Star likely belonged to a small galaxy our Milky Way devoured long ago, possibly the same one whose remains form Omega Centauri. An immigrant from a swallowed world, living quietly next door.

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