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>Could they be supernova remnants, the clouds of debris left behind when a star in our galaxy explodes? No. They are far from most of the stars in the Milky Way
by 867-5309 6y ago
>Could they be supernova remnants, the clouds of debris left behind when a star in our galaxy explodes? No. They are far from most of the stars in the Milky Way and there are too many of them.
- blackhaz 6y agoNote SNR explanation is ruled out exclusively because of ORCs' high galactic latitudes. Based on the appearance of these objects my bet is that they are high-latitude SNRs indeed.
- natch 6y agoThe article states (correctly or incorrectly, I don't know) that they don’t even know if these are in or near our galaxy.
- natch 6y agoThey state specifically that these might not be in the Milky Way.