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Hubble Telescope spots a dwarf 'living fossil' galaxy in the backyard of Milky Way

01 February 2019 • 2 min read

Bedin I is 13 billion years old and could be the most isolated dwarf galaxy found to date

Astronomers have accidentally discovered a dwarf galaxy in the backyard of the Milky Way. Called Bedin I, the galaxy lies just 30 million light-years away from Earth and was found when astronome...

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