Astronomers find 'new' dwarf galaxy in Milky Way's neighborhood (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by Theresa , Saturday, December 27, 2014, 08:25

Astronomers searching the sky with NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have discovered an odd little dwarf galaxy in our very own backyard -- a mere 7 million light years away.

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The findings, described in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, add a new member to the more than 50 galaxies in our Local Group (part of the Laniakea supercluster), which includes Andromeda and our own Milky Way.

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