Sentences with phrase «ultra-compact dwarf galaxies»

These «ultra-compact dwarf galaxies» are now the second and third ones known to house such gargantuan black holes, confirming that the first one — discovered by the same group in 2014 — was not an anomaly.

The discovery of the second and third known ultra-compact dwarf galaxies with gargantuan black holes at their cores suggests such a mass mismatch may be common

The ultra-compact dwarf galaxies provide us a longer timeline to be able to look at what's happened in the past.»

VUCD3 and M59cO are the second and third ultra-compact dwarf galaxies found to contain a supermassive black hole, suggesting that all such dwarfs may harbor similarly massive light - sucking objects.

U astronomers and colleagues have found two ultra-compact dwarf galaxies, VUCD3 and M59cO, with supermassive black holes.

One explanation for the supermassive black hole inside the ultra-compact dwarf galaxies is that the galaxies were once made up of billions of stars.

Scientists took measurements to see what was happening inside the galaxies, and something didn't add up; the ultra-compact dwarf galaxies had more mass than their stars alone could account for.

Three years ago, a University of Utah - led team discovered that an ultra-compact dwarf galaxy contained a supermassive black hole, then the smallest known galaxy to harbor such a giant black hole.

Not exact matches

Known as an ultra-compact dwarf, this type of system has up to a billion stars and can be similar in mass to a galaxy, but it is compact and looks more like a star cluster.

Ultra-compact dwarfs, highlighted here within the so - called Fornax galaxy cluster, are a type of small star system.

These ultra-compact dwarfs are around 0.1 percent the size of the Milky Way, yet they host supermassive black holes that are bigger than the black hole at the center of our own galaxy,» marvels Ahn.

«Supermassive black holes found in two tiny galaxies: Black holes may lurk in most ultra-compact dwarf remnants of shredded galaxies.»