Satellite Galaxies
The Milky Way’s Smallest, Faintest Satellite Galaxy Found
The Milky Way has many satellite galaxies, most notably the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds. They're both visible to the…
3 weeks ago
The Milky Way’s Stolen Globular Clusters
Modern astronomy holds that all major galaxies (with the Milky Way as no exception) are the accumulation of numerous small…
6 months ago
Galactic Stripping Mystery Uncovered
It's what you might call a case of galactic homicide (or "galacticide"). All over the known Universe, satellite galaxies are…
7 years ago
Newly Discovered Satellite Galaxies: Another Blow Against Dark Matter?
[/caption] A group of astronomers have discovered a vast structure of satellite galaxies and clusters of stars surrounding our Milky…
12 years ago
Are The Milky Way’s First Stars Responsible For Destroying Its Satellite Galaxies?
About a decade ago, standard cosmological models encountered a slight problem when applied to the Milky Way... missing satellite galaxies.…
13 years ago