Nearby Dwarf Galaxy and Possible Protogalaxy Discovered
Friday, January 11, 2013 - 12:00
in Astronomy & Space
Peering deep into the dim edges of a distorted pinwheel galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major (the Great Bear), astronomers at Case Western Reserve University and their colleagues have discovered a faint dwarf galaxy and another possible young dwarf caught before it had a chance to form any stars.