Andromeda XXXV is what astronomers term an ultra-faint dwarf galaxy, which is exactly what it sounds like. These tiny, dim ...

Not only is Andromeda XXXV the dimmest and smallest known satellite galaxy in the Andromeda system, it's about 3 million light-years away, making it very hard to spot. The ellipse within the inset ...

If so, the implications could very well mean that the Milky Way's long predicted future collision with the Andromeda galaxy ...

A Swarm of Dwarf Galaxies Buzz Around Our Milky Way's Twin Imagine the Milky Way and Andromeda as two massive aircraft ...

"Everything scattered in the Andromeda system is very asymmetric and perturbed. It does appear that something significant happened not too long ago," Weisz said. "Our work has shown that low-mass ...

Astronomers have discovered Andromeda XXXV, the smallest and faintest known galaxy, located 3 million light-years away. It challenges existing models of galaxy formation, as similar small galaxies ...

"We do find that there is a lot of diversity that ... the family of dwarf galaxies buzzing around a larger galaxy, such as the Andromeda Galaxy, can tell us a great deal about the larger galaxy's ...

"We do find that there is a lot of diversity that needs to be explained in the Andromeda satellite system," added Weisz. "The way things come together matters a lot in understanding this galaxy's ...

Astronomers can find many of them around the Milky Way ... lies about half a million light-years from the center of the Andromeda Galaxy, or about three times the width of M31 itself.