🚀 What's up, slugs! Did you know that UCSC astronomers have recently discovered over 200 variable stars in the Milky Way’s stellar halo?👨‍🚀 The study was led by Yuting Feng, a doctoral student at UC Santa Cruz, and Raja GuhaThakurta, the professor and chair of astronomy and astrophysics at UC Santa Cruz. 🌌 #UCSC #UCsanatacruz #researcher #astronomy #astrophysics