Dwarf Galaxies But They Pack A Big Star-Forming Punch
Sunday, June 22, 2014 - 05:50
in Astronomy & Space
New observations made using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope show that dwarf galaxies are responsible for forming a large proportion of the universe's stars. The result supports a decade-long investigation into whether there is a link between a galaxy's mass and its star-forming activity, and helps paint a consistent picture of how galaxies grew and evolved 3.5 to 6 billion years after the beginning of the universe. read more