Friday, 26 December 2014

Scientists Discover New 'Dwarf Galaxy' 7 Million Light Years Away

Scientists Discover New 'Dwarf Galaxy' 7 Million Light Years Away


Our Milky Way galaxy has a neighbor we hadn't met yet. A team of Russian and American scientists has discovered a previously-unknown dwarf galaxy located about 7 million light years away from our own. Astronomer based at the Special Astrophysical Observatory in Karachai-Cherkessia, Russia, spotted the tiny galaxy using the Hubble Space Telescope’s Advanced Camera for Surveys in August.

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