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[–] btaf45@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

If the distribution of those nine satellite galaxies across the entire Milky Way is similar to what was found in the footprint captured by the HSC-SSP, the research team calculates that there actually may be closer to 500 satellite galaxies

WTF? I was thinking there were around a dozen or so.

[–] teft@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

They solved one conundrum just to find another. Too few dwarfs then too many.

[–] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago

Is dark matter just dwarf galaxies?