Astronomy on MSN4h
Andromeda has a new faintest satellite galaxy
Astronomers at the University of Michigan have discovered a new satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31), the Milky Way's ...
Techno-Science.net on MSN15h
Like "a human the size of a grain of rice," this galaxy is incomprehensible 🌀
A team of astronomers recently uncovered an exceptionally small and faint dwarf galaxy located approximately 3 million ...
Space.com on MSN7d
Scientists discover smallest galaxy ever seen: 'It's like having a perfectly functional human being that's the size of a grain of rice'
"We thought they were basically all going to be fried because the entire universe turned into a vat of boiling oil." ...
The Andromeda Mystery: Hubble Discovers Strange Galactic Behavior
A Swarm of Dwarf Galaxies Buzz Around Our Milky Way's Twin Imagine the Milky Way and Andromeda as two massive aircraft ...
Shockingly Tiny Galaxy Near Andromeda Is Just One-Millionth the Size of the Milky Way
Andromeda XXXV is only about 20,000 times more massive than our Sun—very small, even for a satellite galaxy. For comparison, ...
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Astronomers say it shouldn’t be there – the new galaxy that’s changing the rules of the universe
The cosmos has a way of keeping astronomers on their toes. Just beyond the edges of the Andromeda galaxy, researchers have identified the tiniest galaxy ever ...
Andromeda XXXV: This Newly Discovered Galaxy Shouldn’t Exist, but It Does
A major discovery on the outskirts of Andromeda is shaking up our understanding of galactic evolution. Astronomers have found the dimmest and smallest satellite galaxy yet—Andromeda XXXV—forcing them ...
Small, faint and 'unexpected in a lot of different ways': Dwarf galaxy discovery forces rethink of cosmic evolution
A discovery made by a team led by researchers at the University of Michigan tugs at the seams of some key cosmic lessons we ...
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Small, faint and 'unexpected in a lot of different ways': U-M astronomers make galactic discovery
The discovery of the dwarf galaxy Andromeda XXXV—located roughly 3 million light-years away and the smallest yet found in the ...
Live Science13d
'This doesn't appear in computer simulations': Hubble maps chaotic history of Andromeda galaxy, and it's nothing like scientists expected
Hubble's survey of Andromeda focused on 36 dwarf galaxies (circled in yellow) that share Andromeda's environment. Unexpectedly, all of the galaxies appear to be arranged on a plane, orbiting in ...
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That galaxy next door? It's home to a monster black hole
The other half got sped up in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy that is the closest galaxy to our own. (Han notes ...