This Tiny Galaxy Is Answering Some Big Questions
The galaxy, located in the constellation Leo, is about the same size as a star cluster within the Milky Way and is about the ...
Leo P’s Stellar Comeback: Unveiling the Secrets of a Reignited Galaxy
Leo P, a galaxy once dormant, has reawakened to form stars again, offering new clues about the universe's earliest galaxies.
DECam and Gemini South discover three tiny 'stellar-ghost-town' galaxies
By combining data from the DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys and the Gemini South telescope, astronomers have investigated three ...
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A tiny galaxy ceased making stars for billions of years. Then it rebooted.
Scientists used the James Webb Space Telescope to study the unusual star-forming timeline of dwarf galaxy Leo P. Credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / Kristen McQuinn Most small galaxies that stopped making ...
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'Ghost towns' of the universe: Ultra-faint, rare dwarf galaxies offer clues to the early cosmos
Astronomers have struggled with finding ultra-faint dwarf galaxies far enough from the Milky Way's influence, making these ...
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Mysterious “Ghost Galaxies” Created at the Dawn of the Universe Stopped Forming Stars ...
Astronomy, always seeking the deepest mysteries of the cosmos, has taken a significant new step with the discovery of three ...
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The Milky Way's 2 biggest satellite galaxies are oddly lonely, study finds
Most of the Milky Way's satellite galaxies have been quenched ... galaxies. Dwarf galaxies are the building blocks of their ...
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DECam and Gemini South discover three tiny ‘stellar-ghost-town’ galaxies
Ultra-faint dwarf galaxies are the faintest type of galaxy in the Universe ... This research was presented in a paper entitled “Three Quenched, Faint Dwarf Galaxies in the Direction of NGC ...