Tag: milky_way

Yale Astronomers Help Reveal Milky Way's Hidden Satellite Galaxies

30 Oct 2026 8:31 a.m. · Source: Yale University: Yale Today

Yale researchers, including graduate student William Cerny, are using an advanced observatory in Chile to uncover hundreds of faint satellite galaxies orbiting the Milky Way, 355,000 light-years from Earth.

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Hubble Uncovers Ancient Milky Way Merger Mystery

17 Aug 2026 11:17 a.m.

New data from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope provides definitive evidence of a dwarf galaxy merging with the young Milky Way. This discovery extends our understanding of the galaxy's early evolution by 1.8 billion years, shedding light on how our…

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