Sentences with phrase «galaxy reticulum»

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

Instead, the key event in the Reticulum II galaxy was probably a collision of two neutron stars, the researchers say.

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.

We won't see the r - process enrichment events that took place at the time when a galaxy like Reticulum II was being formed, but hopefully we'll see the newly synthesized gold closer to home!

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.

In contrast, looking at galaxies like Reticulum II is like digging into a coherent, subterranean layer and finding a collection of artifacts that are all telling the same story...

I don't think we'll find another galaxy like Reticulum II anytime soon, but hey, we're going to keep looking!