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24 Aug 2020

Indian astronomers trace mystery behind dwarf galaxy aberrations

Most of these tiny tots called dwarf galaxies form stars at a much slower rate than the massive ones Some dwarf galaxies are seen forming new stars at a mass-normalized rate 10-100 times more than that of the Milky-way galaxy These activities, however, do not last longer than a few tens of million-years, a period which is much shorter than the age of these galaxies

02 Feb 2018

Dark matter-based cosmology model defied by ordered dwarf galaxies

The researchers were able to show that 14 of the 16 satellite galaxies follow the same pattern of movement and are likely rotating within the plane around the main galaxy.

Supermassive Black Holes

18 Apr 2017

Supermassive black holes lurk in most dwarf galaxies: Study

Scientists have discovered supermassive black holes in two ultra-compact dwarf galaxies.

28 Aug 2016

Glowing distant stars become Hubble's latest subject! - See pic

As per NASA, dwarf galaxies like NGC 5264 typically possess around a billion stars – just 1 percent of the number of stars found within the Milky Way.

13 Sep 2015

Eight more galactic neighbours found hovering near our Milky Way

A survey has found more celestial neighbours hovering near our Milky Way, suggesting that our sky is more crowded than we thought

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