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Ultra-faint galaxy discovered near Andromeda may be 12.5 billion years old

A new ultra-faint dwarf galaxy has been discovered in the vicinity of Andromeda (M31), the Milky Way's large neighboring galaxy. The new study, published in Astronomy & Astrophysics suggests that the galaxy, named And XXXVI, is one of the faintest satellite galaxies discovered around Andromeda to da...

Ultra-faint galaxy discovered near Andromeda may be 12.5 billion years old
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A new ultra-faint dwarf galaxy has been discovered in the vicinity of Andromeda (M31), the Milky Way's large neighboring galaxy. The new study, published in Astronomy & Astrophysics suggests that the galaxy, named And XXXVI, is one of the faintest satellite galaxies discovered around Andromeda to date.

Originally published at Phys.org

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