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Space telescope Gaia sent into 'retirement' but legacy endures

Urdu Point 28 Mar 2025
</p><p> Our home galaxy is still slowing devouring the Sagittarius dwarf galaxy, Gaia helped reveal.</p><p> The telescope also spotted more than 50 dwarf galaxies orbiting the Milky Way.
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Star-mapping space telescope Gaia sent into 'retirement orbit'

The Peninsula 27 Mar 2025
Gaia uncovered evidence of massive galaxies ... The telescope also spotted more than 50 dwarf galaxies orbiting the Milky Way, tracked 150,000 asteroids and detected at least 33 black holes inside it.
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A Seemingly Normal Spiral Galaxy Has Huge Jets Extending Millions of Light-Years

Universe Today 25 Mar 2025
A team of researchers have suggested that a smaller dwarf galaxy plunged into its centre, passing close to its ...
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Image: Hubble captures the Small Magellanic Cloud

Phys Dot Org 25 Mar 2025
The SMC is a dwarf galaxy located about 200,000 light-years away.
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Euclid 'dark universe detective' spacecraft discovers 2,674 new dwarf galaxies

Space 24 Mar 2025
Using data from the Euclid Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered a stunning 2,674 dwarf galaxies, the study of which could help better understand cosmic evolution ....
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Radio jets stretching 6 mn light-years in spiral galaxy sparks mass extinction fear

Interesting Engineering 23 Mar 2025
Such jets contain enormous amounts of radiation capable of changing the fate of their host galaxies ... However, if Sgr A* engulfs a star or a dwarf galaxy or some gas cloud falls into it, this black hole can also begin releasing powerful colossal jets.
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A terrifying fate may lurk inside the Milky Way

Popular Science 21 Mar 2025
However, a new analysis of a more distant galaxy is hinting at another dramatic outcome ... This type of scenario could begin if the Milky Way’s black hole Sgr A* ever begins devouring a star, gas cloud, or even a smaller dwarf galaxy.
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Hubble Captures a Neighbor’s Colorful Clouds

NASA 21 Mar 2025
This Hubble image features a scene from the Small Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy located about 200,000 light-years away. NASA home page.
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FAST detects new ultra-faint dwarf galaxy

Phys Dot Org 20 Mar 2025
... dwarf galaxy, which turned out to be gas-rich.
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Astronomers discover 2,674 dwarf galaxies using Euclid telescope

Phys Dot Org 20 Mar 2025
... 3D map of the universe to date is to be created, with billions of stars and galaxies.
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Skywatch: Last chance to catch the little ram

Pioneer Press 16 Mar 2025
You can use the bright Pleiades star cluster that resembles a tiny version of the Little Dipper ... That’s it! That’s tiny Aries ... Hamal is a giant star in our Milky Way galaxy that dwarfs our sun with a diameter of at least 13 million miles ... Paul ... Skywatch.
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Astronomers discover 4 rocky planets orbiting Barnard’s Star

Madhyamam 15 Mar 2025
Red dwarf ... Red dwarfs are the most common type of star in the galaxy, and the frequent discovery of planets around them suggests that planetary systems may be more prevalent than stars themselves.
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Discovery of smallest-ever galaxy challenges understanding of evolution

Madhyamam 14 Mar 2025
... the Andromeda galaxy. Unlike previously discovered dwarf galaxies, this one is unusually small - stretching only about 1,000 light-years across at its longest axis.
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Scientists discover smallest galaxy ever seen: 'It's like having a perfectly functional human being that's ...

Yahoo Daily News 13 Mar 2025
... the smallest dwarf galaxy ever seen.
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Researchers Discover Supermassive Black Hole in Neighboring Galaxy

The Harvard Crimson 12 Mar 2025
Other potential follow-up studies include further investigating the characteristics of the LMC’s central black hole, and whether similar black holes exist in other nearby dwarf galaxies.

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