Tuesday, January 9

Seven or Eight Dwarf Galaxies Discovered Orbiting the Milky Way

Researchers from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-II) announced the discovery of eight new dwarf galaxies, seven of them satellites orbiting the Milky Way. They objects resemble systems cannibalized by the Milky Way billions of years ago to build up its stellar halo and thick disk, characterized as


Seven or Eight Dwarf Galaxies Discovered Orbiting the Milky Way from PhysOrg.com

An international team of scientists has discovered seven -- and perhaps eight -- dwarf galaxies orbiting Earth's home galaxy, the Milky Way.[...]

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