Hubble sees a lonely galactic island
Saturday, August 18, 2012 - 15:00
in Astronomy & Space
In terms of intergalactic real estate, our solar system has a plum location as part of a big, spiral galaxy, the Milky Way. Numerous, less glamorous dwarf galaxies keep the Milky Way company. Many galaxies, however, are comparatively isolated, without close neighbors. One such example is the small galaxy known as DDO 190, snapped in a new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.