Scientists using the Magellan telescopes in Chile observed nine stars (circled) in the ancient
dwarf galaxy Reticulum II.
HEAVY METALS Scientists observed nine stars (circled) in
the dwarf galaxy Reticulum II.
Not exact matches
The
dwarf galaxy where this occurred is called
Reticulum II.
To find out, Ji and his coworkers dug into the past of nine stars in the
Reticulum II
dwarf galaxy.
The closest of the three
dwarf galaxies is located nearly 100,000 light - years away and is located in the constellation
Reticulum.
First, we have to find
dwarf galaxies and that requires very large sky surveys like the Dark Energy Survey — which discovered
Reticulum II — as well as surveys conducted by the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, which will start operations in the 2020s.