Astronomers Find Hundreds Of Galaxies Hiding Just Outside Of Our Own
- 8 years ago
It is hard to imagine something as large as a galaxy being able to remain hidden for long, but it appears hundreds have been doing just that.
It is hard to imagine something as large as a galaxy being able to remain hidden for long, but it appears hundreds have been doing just that.
Astronomers have located roughly 880 of them within the relatively short distance of 250 million or so light years from Earth.
33% represent entirely new discoveries.
Though scientists have long suspected something big has been resting just outside the Milky Way, our galaxy has proven rather difficult to see through.
What has been detectable is a very s
It is hard to imagine something as large as a galaxy being able to remain hidden for long, but it appears hundreds have been doing just that.
Astronomers have located roughly 880 of them within the relatively short distance of 250 million or so light years from Earth.
33% represent entirely new discoveries.
Though scientists have long suspected something big has been resting just outside the Milky Way, our galaxy has proven rather difficult to see through.
What has been detectable is a very s