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Andromeda's Newest Dwarf Galaxy is Extremely Dim

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Andromeda's Newest Dwarf Galaxy is Extremely Dim
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Astronomers have discovered an extremely low-mass and dim dwarf galaxy around Andromeda. Called And 35, it's an Ultra-Faint Dwarf Galaxy (UFDG) and so far, the researchers have detected only 46 of its stars. Lambda-CDM predicts that there should be many UFDGs around galaxies like Andromeda and the Milky Way, so finding more of them is important.

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