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Astronomers just discovered a huge galaxy orbiting our own


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A huge galaxy orbiting our own Milky Way has seemingly appeared out of nowhere. The newly spotted dwarf galaxy, which has been named Crater 2, sits around 400,000 light-years away, and has already earned the title of the fourth largest known galaxy circling our own.
 
http://www.sciencealert.com/astronomers-just-discovered-a-huge-galaxy-orbiting-our-own

 

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