Alien visitor from afar

Nearby star may have an extragalactic lineage

To see video of the orbits of these subdwarf stars, click here.

ALIEN COMPANY A computer simulation shows the orbits of the sun (white loops) and the newly identified orbits of dim, low-mass stars called ultracool subdwarfs (orange loops) along with the orbit of a subdwarf known as 2MASS 1227-0447, which may be an alien star from another galaxy (green arc).