Dark matter remains one of science's deepest mysteries. It makes up about 25% of our universe, yet scientists only observe ...

Although not visible with the naked eye, the irregular Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy also calls this constellation home, and is thought to be the closest galaxy to our neck of the woods, ...

The Canis Major dwarf is a lightweight galaxy, today weighing only as much as a billion suns, or about one-fiftieth as much as the disk of the Milky Way. So far, it may have contributed as much as ...

Canis Major has a relatively tiny mass of only one billion Suns, ... The galaxy is about 42,000 light years away from the centre of our galaxy, closer than the Sagittarius dwarf galaxy, ...

Called the Canis Major dwarf galaxy after the constellation in which it lies, the star grouping is about 25,000 light-years away from our Solar System. Its distinctive red stars are slowly being ...

Canis Major Dwarf: Located in the located in the Canis Major constellation, this dwarf irregular galaxy is the closest to our Milky Way, located at an approximate distance of about 25,000 light ...

The Canis Major dwarf galaxy had previously escaped detection because it is hidden behind dense clouds of dust. However, an international team of astronomers found it using infrared data from the ...

This is the famous Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). It is one of the most prominent satellite galaxies to the Milky Way and can be found about 163,000 light-years from the place we call home.

Although not visible with the naked eye, the irregular Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy also calls this constellation home, and is thought to be the closest galaxy to our neck of the woods, ...