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Andromeda XXXV is the dimmest and smallest known satellite galaxy in the Andromeda system. It’s about 3 million light-years away, making it very hard to spot. The ellipse within the inset shows where this companion galaxy was discovered. Image credit: CFHT/MegaCam.

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Andromeda XXXV is the dimmest and smallest known satellite galaxy in the Andromeda system. It’s about 3 million light-years away, making it very hard to spot. The ellipse within the inset shows where this companion galaxy was discovered. Image credit: CFHT/MegaCam.
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Corey S Powell (coreyspowell@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 14-Mar-2025 08:22:07 JST Corey S Powell

The "smallest known galaxy" sounds like an oxymoron (akin to the old joke, "jumbo shrimp").
But the discovery of Andromeda XXXV, just one-millionth the size of our Milky Way, offers serious clues about how coherent structures form & survive in a chaotic universe.
https://news.umich.edu/small-faint-and-unexpected-in-a-lot-of-different-ways-u-m-astronomers-make-galactic-discovery/ #science #space #nature

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