Dwarf galaxy found merging into the Milky Way
Dwarf galaxy found merging into the Milky Way
KurzweilAI.net Jan. 12, 2005
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A huge but very faint structure,
containing hundreds of thousands of
stars spread over an area nearly
5,000 times the size of a full moon,
has been discovered and mapped by
astronomers of the Sloan Digital Sky
Survey (SDSS-II). At an estimated
distance of 30,000 light years from
Earth, the structure lies well
within the confines of the Milky...
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