Space.com on MSN3d
Scientists discover smallest galaxy ever seen: 'It's like having a perfectly functional human being that's the size of a grain of rice'
"We thought they were basically all going to be fried because the entire universe turned into a vat of boiling oil." ...
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 ...
The Daily Galaxy on MSN1d
Scientists Discover Smallest Galaxy Ever—A Cosmic Survivor That Defies Theories
Andromeda XXXV, the smallest and faintest galaxy ever observed. Located three million light-years away, this miniature galaxy ...
Mysterious radio pulses from the Milky Way ‘are unlike anything we knew before’
Astronomers say they have traced a mysterious pulsing in the Milky Way to a surprising source: a dead star locked in a dance ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN2d
Astronomers Discover Evidence of a Stealthy Supermassive Black Hole Hiding Right ‘Under Our Noses’
The Large Magellanic Cloud is one of the most well-studied galaxies, but new findings suggest it might have been holding a ...
EurekAlert!2d
Entwined dwarf stars reveal their location thanks to repeated radio bursts
A white dwarf and a red dwarf star have been discovered closely orbiting each other emitting radio pulses every two hours.
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 ...
Live Science on MSN8d
'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 ...
Fast-moving stars reveal supermassive black hole inside nearby galaxy
The Large Magellanic Cloud is a dwarf galaxy residing near our Milky Way, visible to the naked eye as a luminous patch of ...
KJZZ8d
That galaxy next door? It's home to a monster black hole
While scientists think that most galaxies have a giant black hole at their centers, until now no one knew that one of these ...
The Harvard Crimson2d
Researchers Discover Supermassive Black Hole in Neighboring Galaxy
A team of Harvard astrophysicists discovered a supermassive black hole at the center of the Large Magellanic Cloud, the Milky ...
Earth.com12d
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 ...