By combining data from the DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys and the Gemini South telescope, astronomers have investigated three ultra-faint dwarf galaxies that reside in a region of space isolated from the environmental influence of larger objects. The galaxies, located in the direction of NGC 300, were found to contain only very old stars, supporting the theory that events in the early Universe cut star formation short in the smallest galaxies.
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15 Jan. 2025
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14 Jan. 2025
After ten years of construction, NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory is less than one year away from the start of its transformational movie of our changing night sky. In preparation …
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10 Jan. 2025
The January 2025 issue of The NOIRLab Mirror is now available. This biannual publication focuses on news and scientific content from across NOIRLab, which is funded by the U.S. National …
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