Astronomers spot the faintest galaxy ever seen--orbiting the Milky Way.
***EXCLUSIVE***
By Ken Croswell, author of The Alchemy of the Heavens
A diffuse collection of stars southwest of the Big Dipper's bowl is a small
galaxy revolving around our own, say astronomers in the United States and
Europe. The newfound galaxy is roughly 330,000 light-years away--only twice
as far as the Large Magellanic Cloud, the Milky Way's brightest satellite
galaxy.
Re: BREAKING NEWS: The Galaxys newest satellite ... The newfound galaxy is roughly 330,000 ... >> the Milky Way's brightest satellite galaxy.... A New Milky Way Dwarf Galaxy in Ursa Major ... (sci.astro)
Re: BREAKING NEWS: The Galaxys newest satellite ... say astronomers in the United States and ... The newfound galaxy is roughly 330,000 light-years away--only twice ... So why on earth would the discovery of a new satellite galaxy suddenly disprove the BBT, although none of the already known satellite galaxies disproved it? ... So while the Milky Way has performed a mere 50 or so revolutions, ... (sci.astro)
Milky Way Galaxy is warped and vibrating like a drum (Forwarded) ... a pair of galaxies called the Magellanic Clouds -- appears to be interacting with the Milky Way's ghostly dark matter to create a mysterious warp in the galactic disk that has puzzled astronomers for half a century. ... The warp, seen most clearly in the thin disk of hydrogen gas permeating the galaxy, extends across the entire 200,000-light year diameter of the Milky Way, with the sun and earth sitting somewhere near the crease. ... Astronomers previously dismissed the Magellanic Clouds -- comprised of the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds -- as a probable cause of the galactic warp because the galaxies' combined masses are only 2 percent that of the disk. ... (sci.astro)
