Island universes referred to the idea that there could be enormous stellar systems outside the Milky Way—but astronomers now just call these systems galaxies. In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley ...
Island universes referred to the idea that there could be enormous stellar systems outside the Milky Way – but astronomers now just call these systems galaxies. In 1920, astronomers Harlow ...
Leo P, a small galaxy and a distant neighbor of the Milky Way, is lighting the way for astronomers to better understand star formation and how a galaxy grows. Scientists have reported finding that Leo ...