- Space
- By Laura Sinpetru
- August 17th, 2015
Astronomers Find 8 New Dwarf Galaxies Orbiting Our Milky Way
The sky around us is more crowded than we thought
- Space
- By Laura Sinpetru
- July 28th, 2015
Hubble Spies on Dwarf Galaxy 60 Million Light-Years Away
The galaxy is about 10 times smaller than our Milky Way
- Space
- By Laura Sinpetru
- March 19th, 2015
Over One Million Stars Are Lurking Inside This Super Hot Cosmic Cloud
The cluster of young stars hidden deep inside the cloud is about one billion times more luminous than our Sun
- Space
- By Laura Sinpetru
- March 11th, 2015
Pack of Rare Dwarf Galaxies Discovered Orbiting Our Milky Way
Of the newly documented dwarf galaxies, the closest is located at a distance of about 95,000 light-years from us
- Space
- By Laura Sinpetru
- October 16th, 2014
The Milky Way Is a Cosmic Bully, Strips Neighbors of Star-Forming Gas
Astronomers find small galaxies in the proximity of the Milky Way are all out of star-forming hydrogen gas
- Space
- By Laura Sinpetru
- September 18th, 2014
Teeny Tiny Galaxy Harbors a Supermassive Black Hole
Scientists say M60-UCD1 is the smallest galaxy thus far documented to accommodate for such a massive black hole
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- April 8th, 2014
One of the Oldest Galaxies in the Universe Discovered Nearby
The object neighbors the Milky Way, but is much older than our galaxy
- Science Blog
- By Lucian Parfeni
- August 9th, 2013
The Origin of the Gas Ribbon Surrounding Our Galaxy Has Been Determined
The Magellanic Stream originated from both Magellanic dwarf galaxies
- Science Blog
- By Lucian Parfeni
- August 7th, 2013
ESO Captures a Spectacular and Colorful View of the Large Magellanic Cloud – Space Photo
Two similar gas clouds look very different through the lens of the very large telescope
- Science Blog
- By Lucian Parfeni
- June 10th, 2013
The Smallest Galaxy Ever Discovered Has Only 1,000 Stars
The minuscule galaxy orbits our own, gigantic Milky Way
- Science Blog
- By Lucian Parfeni
- June 7th, 2013
The First Dying Galaxy Ever Observed Leaves Gas Fireballs Behind
Astronomers have observed a dying galaxy for the first time
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- August 18th, 2012
Beautiful Dwarf Galaxy DDO 190 Imaged in Detail
The small object lies relatively close to the Milky Way
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- May 10th, 2012
Extremely Dim Star Cluster Found in the Galaxy
The structure is located at the outskirts of the Milky Way
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- January 19th, 2012
Weird Galaxy May Contain Only Dark Matter
This makes telescopes unable to detect the cosmic structure
- Space
- By Gabriel Gache
- April 16th, 2008
Space Ghosts
Evidence of cosmic cannibalism found around two near galaxies