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Andromeda has a new faintest satellite galaxy
Though tiny, this newfound satellite galaxy around M31 offers big lessons — and questions — about how galaxies evolve.
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, ...
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 ...
'Death sentence for star formation', yet Andromeda XXXV survived. How?
Andromeda XXXV was still churning out more stars, while stars in the satellite galaxies around the Milky Way mostly only had ...
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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'
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The newfound galaxy, ...
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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 ...
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Small, faint and 'unexpected in a lot of different ways': 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 Andromeda system -- is forcing astronomers to rethink how galaxies ...
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Andromeda has a new faintest satellite galaxy
But the satellites of the Milky Way and M31 show different evolutionary histories, and this new galaxy, dubbed Andromeda XXXV, is no exception. The question of why Milky Way satellites appear so ...
The discovery that could change galaxies as we know them: "It's like a grain of rice"
History never ceases to amaze us and a group of astronomers has found a group of small galaxies located about 3 million light years from Earth, with Andromeda XXXV standing out as ...
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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 ...
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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Like "a human the size of a grain of rice," this galaxy is incomprehensible
This discovery, named Andromeda XXXV, could well shake up our understanding of cosmic evolution. According to Eric Bell, a member of the team and a professor at the University of Michigan, it is a ...