Unusual Fossil Galaxy Discovered On Outskirts Of Andromeda Could Reveal History Of Universe
The Gemini North telescope reveals a relic of the first galaxies. A unique extremely faint dwarf galaxy has been discovered in the outer fringes of the Andromeda Galaxy thanks to the keen eyes of an amateur astronomer examining archival data processed by the NSF NOIRLab Community Science and Data Center. The dwarf galaxy – Pegasus V – was revealed to contain very few heavier elements and is likely to be a fossil of the first galaxies in follow-up observations by professional astronomers using the Gemini International Observatory, a Program of NSF’s NOIRLab....