This tiny galaxy is answering some big questions
Leo P, a small galaxy and a distant neighbor of the Milky Way, is lighting the way for astronomers to better understand star formation and how a galaxy grows. Scientists have reported finding that Leo ...
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Galactic ‘conveyor belt’ circulates elements like carbon in and out of galaxies
These massive currents carry material on a journey through and around star-forming galaxies before they settle and form stars ...
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A tiny galaxy ceased making stars for billions of years. Then it rebooted.
Scientists used the James Webb Space Telescope to study the unusual star-forming timeline of dwarf galaxy Leo P. Credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / Kristen McQuinn Most small galaxies that stopped making ...
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In 'groundbreaking' study, astronomers detect record number of stars in distant galaxy
To make the historic discovery, the team of researchers turned to NASA's James Webb Space Telescope and its high-resolution power to reveal 44 individual stars in a galaxy so far away, that its ...