Astronomers discover two new Milky Way satellite galaxy candidates (phys.org)
from btaf45@lemmy.world to astronomy@mander.xyz on 29 Jun 2024 03:44
https://lemmy.world/post/17034775

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btaf45@lemmy.world on 29 Jun 2024 03:47 next collapse

If the distribution of those nine satellite galaxies across the entire Milky Way is similar to what was found in the footprint captured by the HSC-SSP, the research team calculates that there actually may be closer to 500 satellite galaxies

WTF? I was thinking there were around a dozen or so.

teft@lemmy.world on 29 Jun 2024 12:37 collapse

They solved one conundrum just to find another. Too few dwarfs then too many.

MindTraveller@lemmy.ca on 29 Jun 2024 12:50 collapse

Is dark matter just dwarf galaxies?