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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'This doesn't appear in computer simulations': Hubble maps chaotic history of Andromeda galaxy, and it's nothing like scientists expected
An ambitious new survey by the Hubble Space Telescope offers the first bird's-eye view of all known dwarf galaxies orbiting ...
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 ...
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Scientists discover smallest galaxy ever seen: 'It's like having a perfectly functional human being that's the size of a grain of rice'
Astronomers have discovered the smallest dwarf galaxy ever seen. It is a mystery how the satellite galaxy of Andromeda ...
Hubble sees mini galaxies surrounding Andromeda are pretty wild
"Everything scattered in the Andromeda system is very asymmetric and perturbed. It does appear that something significant ...
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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Andromeda galaxy shows signs of violent past collisions
Hubble's study reveals Andromeda experienced major galactic collisions, unlike Milky Way. Its satellite galaxies show unusual ...
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How did Andromeda's dwarf galaxies form? Hubble Telescope finds more questions than answers
"It was actually a total surprise to find the satellites in that configuration and we still don’t fully understand why they ...
You won’t believe this stunning Andromeda galaxy photo was taken from someone’s backyard
Am astrophotographer has now unveiled the most breathtaking photo of the Andromeda galaxy we've ever seen, and he took it ...
Hubble provides bird's-eye view of Andromeda galaxy's ecosystem
Located 2.5 million light-years away, the majestic Andromeda galaxy appears to the naked eye as a faint, spindle-shaped object roughly the angular size of the full moon. What backyard observers don't ...
One large Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies? 100 years ago, a young Edwin Hubble settled astronomy’s ‘Great Debate.’
In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small and in the Milky Way, while Curtis took a more radical position that they ...