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last mo.

Milky Way Absorbed Dwarf Galaxy About 11.8–12 Billion Years Ago

High-precision Hubble ages and Gaia motions of globular star clusters show the collision supplied mass and metals that helped shape the galaxy’s early growth.

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2mo ago

Hubble Releases New Images That Map Young Stars and Ancient Clusters

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6mo ago

Study Traces Small Magellanic Cloud’s Odd Stellar Motions to Past Crash With the Large Magellanic Cloud

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6mo ago

Ancient Star in Pictor II Bears the Imprint of One Weak First-Generation Supernova

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6mo ago

Magnetar ‘Chirp’ Identified in Superluminous Supernova as Short GRB Localized to Tidal-Stream Dwarf

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7mo ago

Candidate Ultra-Faint Galaxy in Perseus Appears 99% Dark Matter

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11mo ago

Astronomers Report Most Metal-Poor Star Yet From the Large Magellanic Cloud

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last yr.

Simulations Recreate Globular Clusters and Predict Dark-Matter-Bearing Lookalikes

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last yr.

Black-Hole-Driven Cluster Model Challenges Dark-Matter Interpretation of Ursa Major III

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last yr.

DESI Survey Reveals Largest Collection of Intermediate-Mass Black Holes and Active Galactic Nuclei in Dwarf Galaxies

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last yr.

James Webb Telescope Reveals Rare Star Formation in Isolated Dwarf Galaxy Leo P

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last yr.

Hubble Captures Stunning View of Tarantula Nebula’s Outskirts

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last yr.

Webb Telescope Confirms Long-Lived Planet-Forming Disks in Early Universe

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last yr.

Astronomers Capture First Close-Up Image of a Star Beyond the Milky Way

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2y ago

ESA's JUICE Spacecraft Captures Stunning Images of Earth and Moon

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2y ago

Hubble Reveals Dark Matter Patterns in Draco Dwarf Galaxy

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2y ago

James Webb Telescope Captures Dynamic Star Formation in NGC 4449

Dwarf Galaxies

Milky Way Absorbed Dwarf Galaxy About 11.8–12 Billion Years Ago

Hubble Releases New Images That Map Young Stars and Ancient Clusters

Study Traces Small Magellanic Cloud’s Odd Stellar Motions to Past Crash With the Large Magellanic Cloud

Ancient Star in Pictor II Bears the Imprint of One Weak First-Generation Supernova

Magnetar ‘Chirp’ Identified in Superluminous Supernova as Short GRB Localized to Tidal-Stream Dwarf

Candidate Ultra-Faint Galaxy in Perseus Appears 99% Dark Matter

Astronomers Report Most Metal-Poor Star Yet From the Large Magellanic Cloud

Simulations Recreate Globular Clusters and Predict Dark-Matter-Bearing Lookalikes

Black-Hole-Driven Cluster Model Challenges Dark-Matter Interpretation of Ursa Major III

Small Magellanic Cloud Found to Be Tearing Apart Under Gravitational Forces

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Astronomers Confirm Supermassive Black Hole in Nearby Large Magellanic Cloud

Hubble Reveals Andromeda's Dwarf Galaxies Defy Star Formation Expectations

DESI Survey Reveals Largest Collection of Intermediate-Mass Black Holes and Active Galactic Nuclei in Dwarf Galaxies

James Webb Telescope Reveals Rare Star Formation in Isolated Dwarf Galaxy Leo P

Hubble Captures Stunning View of Tarantula Nebula’s Outskirts

Webb Telescope Confirms Long-Lived Planet-Forming Disks in Early Universe

Astronomers Capture First Close-Up Image of a Star Beyond the Milky Way

ESA's JUICE Spacecraft Captures Stunning Images of Earth and Moon

Hubble Reveals Dark Matter Patterns in Draco Dwarf Galaxy

James Webb Telescope Captures Dynamic Star Formation in NGC 4449

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