Scientists discover minimum mass for galaxies
Wednesday, August 27, 2008 - 12:28
in Astronomy & Space
(PhysOrg.com) -- By analyzing light from small, faint galaxies that orbit the Milky Way, UC Irvine scientists believe they have discovered the minimum mass for galaxies in the universe - 10 million times the mass of the sun.
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