The Milky Way’s Smallest, Faintest Satellite Galaxy Found
Updated: 2024-03-29 20:52:26
, Skip to content Universe Today Space and astronomy news Menu Videos Newsletter Podcast Contact Us Support Us Log in Hidden in this deep sky image left is Uma3 U1, an ultra faint galaxy . It contains fewer than 100 hundred stars , a tiny amount for a galaxy . Credit : CFHT S . Gwyn right S . Smith left Posted on March 29, 2024 March 29, 2024 by Evan Gough 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 naked eye from the southern hemisphere . Now astronomers have discovered another satellite that’s the smallest and dimmest one ever detected . It may also be one of the most dark matter-dominated galaxies ever found . The galaxy is called Ursa Major III
Skip to content Universe Today Space and astronomy news Menu Videos Newsletter Podcast Contact Us Support Us Log in A composite image taken with the Liverpool Telescope showing the location of SN 2023ixf , a red supergiant supernova the most blue object in the rectangle that occurred 22 million light-years from Earth in the Pinwheel Galaxy . Credit : E . Zimmerman et al . Weizmann Institute of Science Liverpool . Telescope Posted on March 29, 2024 March 29, 2024 by Scott Alan Johnston Astronomers Catch a Supernova Explode Almost in Realtime Catching a supernova in action is tricky business . There is no way to predict them , and they donâ t occur very often . Within the Milky Way they only occur about once a century , and the last one was observed in 1604. Of course , supernovae occur in